REPORTED INCIDENT - September 20, 2017

Shooting Incident

Shooting incident transpired at Purok Tugas, Barangay Balangasan, Pagadian City at about 2:00 PM of September 19, 2017. An unidentified victim was still lying on the ground with several gunshot wounds on the different parts of his body when the responding personnel of Pagadian City Police Station arrived at the crime scene. The unidentified victim was brought to Jamelarin Hospital in Barangay Balangasan, Pagadian City for medical treatment. Unfortunately, he was declared dead at about 6:00 PM of same date by the attending duty physician doctor. Investigation disclosed that victim was allegedly drunk and was walking along the construction warehouse of quatro Otso, Purok Tugas, Barangay Balangasan, Pagadian City when suddenly an unidentified suspect arrived and shot the victim several times. Recovered from the crime scene were three (3) fired cartridge case of caliber 45 pistol. Accordingly, said victim was a construction worker at the construction site of Mabuhay Located at Barangay Balangasan, Pagadian City. A follow-up investigation was conducted at the boarding house of the victim and was able to recover in his room a sales invoice dated September 2, 2017 with a name Dannee Suñe. PNP personnel of Pagadian City Police Station is now conducting thorough investigation and follow-up operation to possibly identify, locate and arrest the suspect/s. Coordination with the victim’s family are still being conducted to possibly identify the victim as well as to determine the motive of the incident. Investigator on-case is PO2 Mizrach S Lapid with contact number 0910-653-8891.