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Thursday, June 09, 2005
Bike-riding gunmen kill 3 in 12 hours
By Joy G. Romares
DAVAO CITY -- Two men and a woman are the latest victims of motorcycle-riding gunmen in Davao City, raising the number of victims of the vigilante-style killings in the city to 101 for this year.
The three victims were shot dead in separate incidents, which occurred 12 hours apart starting Tuesday night and early Wednesday.
The latest victim was identified as Mark Anthony Perkins alias Marco Tisoy, 23, of Panacan. He was killed at around 7 a.m. Wednesday.
Witnesses said Perkins was alighting from a passenger jeepney just in front of the South Sea Designs, Inc. on Km. 11 in Sasa where he works when two unidentified suspects approached and shot him several times. The gunmen later run towards a waiting motorcycle after the shooting incident.
A witness told police investigators the suspect sped off towards Panacan.
Police said Perkins had been in and out of the Sasa police and Bunawan police precincts for various crimes.
Police Officer 3 Alfredo Heliane said Perkins has been involved in drugs, gang and stabbing incidents.
First to fall 12 hours earlier was a taxicab driver, reportedly a drug surrenderee, identified as one Joel Quimco, 35, of Nagsil Village in Barangay Centro, Agdao.
Senior Police Officer 4 Ricardo Roņa, Sta. Ana police investigator, said the shooting happened at around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday while Quimco was watching television in their living room.
Neil John, Quimco's son, told police that he was outside their house when he heard four successive gunbursts prompting him to run and check inside their house.
Neil John discovered his father bathe in his blood and already dead.
He shouted for help and a concerned citizen called for police assistance.
A witness, identified only as Eustiquio, claimed he saw four unidentified men, whose faces were covered with towels, heading towards the victim's house.
Eustiquio, the victim's neighbor, added that after a few minutes, he heard successive gunbursts.
On the other hand, some neighbors claimed they saw four unidentified men sped off onboard two motorcycles after the incident.
Candida Padada, Quimco's live-in partner, who was outside the house when the incident happened, told police the victim was involved in drug-related activities before, but has already reformed.
Police recovered two empty shells and a slug of a caliber .45 pistol at the scene of crime.
Almost five hours later, at around 12:42 a.m., one Maria Teresa Cabalhin, 39, vendor at the Sasa Wharf in Km. 10 and a resident of Panacan, Davao City was shot dead by two unidentified suspects.
Heliane, of Sasa police precinct, said Cabalhin was on her away home walking with one Dahlia along Sasa Wharf when a motorcycle stopped beside her, one of the suspects shot her several times without provocation.
Reports said Cabalhin had attempted to run, but the gunman shot her again.
The suspects sped off after the incident, while the victim was brought by Dahlia to the Davao Medical Center (DMC).
But Cabalhin died while undergoing treatment at the hospital.
Dahlia told police she is does not know whether Cabalhin is involved in any illegal activity.(Sun.Star Davao/Sunnex)
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