Tuesday, July 08, 2008 Carjackers shoot victim By Reynaldo G. Navales
GUAGUA -- A 26-year-old man was seriously injured after he was shot by still unidentified carjackers in Barangay San Matias here Sunday night.
The victim, Marvin Zita Chu, a resident of Barangay San Vicente, Santa Rita, was attacked by armed men who later took his white Ford Everest sports utility vehicle with license plate XMD-253.
At 11:30 p.m. Sunday, Chu alighted from his vehicle to buy something at Artlits Bakeshop in the barangay when several armed men approached him.
One of the perpetrators shot Chu in the head. The carjackers immediately boarded the victim's vehicle and escaped towards unknown direction.
The victim was taken to the Diosdado Macapagal Memorial Hospital here for treatment. He was later transferred to the Mother Teresa of Calcutta in the City of San Fernando.
As of Monday afternoon, the victim was still in comatose.
Police recovered an empty shell of caliber .9mm pistol from the crime scene.
