CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police continue to investigate the Feb. 18 killing of a policeman and a jail officer, and the wounding of a 53-year-old woman in Barangay Tinago in Bayawan City, Negros
Police Lieutenant Colonel Kym Vadillo Lopez, information officer of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Police Office , said that the attack happened during the celebration of the city’s fiesta.
Initial investigation showed that Patrolman Abrasaldo and Jail Officer Laag were fatally shot as they were trying to fire at the fleeing motorcycle-riding gunman. A few minutes earlier, the gunman, who was the backrider of a motorcycle, who was driven by a shooter’s cohort, shot and wounded a woman, Villuz.The shooting happened after Villuz went out of Laag’s house for a few minutes.It was then that both Abrasaldo and Laag rushed outside the house, but they were cut down as they tried to fire at the fleeing gunman.
Bearis relayed this message through Police Lieutenant Colonel Gerard Pelare, PRO-7 chief’s spokesperson.
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