Socialite Jasmine Hartin calls fatal shooting of police official a "terrible accident"
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[This story originally aired on October 2, 2021. It was updated on July 30, 2022.] NEWS REPORT | CHANNEL 7, BELIZE: A woman, with one of the most prominent names on the island is at the police station … NEWS REPORT: CHANNEL 7, BELIZE: It's a mystery for which the intrigue is escalating. ANDREW ASHCROFT [at ribbon cutting]: For Jasmine and I, it marks the fulfillment of a dream to create the Alaia Resort. NEWS REPORT: CHERISSE BELIZE CHANNEL 7: The 32-year-old, who will be dealt with like any other untried prisoner, will become the only Caucasian among 1,041 inmates. JASMINE HARTIN [cell phone video]: Andrew's running, so I can't see my children. … Security is literally stopping me from seeing my children right now. JASMINE HARTIN [cell phone video]: You've been instructed by Andrew to stop me from seeing my children? That's correct? JASMINE HARTIN [at police station, Channel 7 news report]: All I did was try to collect my personal belongings and see my children.
It was a shooting that made headlines around the world. In May, a wealthy socialite and a senior police official were on a moonlit pier in paradise. A single fatal gunshot rings out. Was his death an accident, was it a murder or was it something else? "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant went to Belize in Central America to speak exclusively with the woman at the center of a media firestorm. JASMINE HARTIN [cell phone video]: He's inside hiding … Why won't you let me see the children?
Jasmine Hartin: I think a lot of people misjudge me… they don't see my wholesome side.

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