- Man shot dead in broad daylight in Ilang
AN UNIDENTIFIED assailant gunned down a man along the Daang Maharlika Highway, Km. 18, Barangay Ilang, Bunawan District, on Wednesday, Nov. 12, around 3:10 p.m., prompting a hot pursuit operation by the police.
The victim was identified only as alias Nel, of legal age, single, jobless, and a resident of Purok Buhisan, Barangay Tibungco.
According to the Bunawan Police Station report, a concerned citizen notified authorities of the shooting at approximately 3:10 p.m. Investigators, led by PMSg Pantonial and PSSg Elmer P. Baliang Jr., immediately proceeded to the scene.
Initial investigation revealed that the victim was crossing the road in front of Specialist Primary Care Hospital toward Muslim Village when he was shot multiple times by the male perpetrator.
The assailant used a firearm believed to be a caliber .45 pistol, the report added.
Nel sustained fatal gunshot wounds to the right side of the neck and the left chest and died on the spot. Reports said he was also hit on the right leg and the right side of the back.
The suspect fled immediately after the incident toward an unknown direction.
The Regional Forensic Unit (RFU) XI Scene of the Crime Operative (SOCO) team, led by Capt Bernadine C. Magallanes, recovered two fired cartridge casings and two fired bullets.
They also recovered the victim’s bag, which contained two elongated transparent heat-sealed plastic sachets containing suspected shabu (methamphetamine), an ice pick, a coin purse containing a broken watch, a cellphone keypad, one lighter, one cap, one broken tube, and one blade.
Personnel of Bunawan Police Station are investigating the case. The motive for the shooting remains to be determined.
In accordance with Muslim burial tradition, the victim’s body was brought to his residence in Purok 16, Buhisan, Barangay Tibungco, and is scheduled for burial within 24 hours.
