TWO drivers were shot dead in the cities of Bacolod and Bago, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, February 15, allegedly because of grudge and misunderstanding.
Killed were Danny Boy Solina, 34, of Barangay Calumangan in Bago City, and Rene Campus of Barangay Banago in Bacolod city, the police said.
Solina’s helper Ian Gamboa said the victim stopped their delivery van past 4 p.m. in Purok Ipil-ipil, Barangay Calumnagan and alighted to confront a man who was sitting beside the road.
Minutes later, the man who was later identified as Roque Vingco, of Purok Cawayan in Barangay Balingasag of the city, drew his gun and shot Solina several times and fled on a motorcycle, Gamboa said.
Solina sustained multiple gunshot wounds and died upon arrival at the Bago City District Hospital.
An unfired bullet of caliber .45 pistol was recovered from the scene of the crime scene, police records showed.
Meanwhile, Captain Armelyn Vargas, who is the commander of Police Station 3, said Campus was shot dead by his neighbor identified as Jerson Ansola, “alias Dodong” around 7:30 p.m. in Purok Riverside Zone 2 in Barangay Banago, Bacolod City.
Vargas said Ansola later surrendered to Police Station 3, adding that a grudge could have triggered the killing.
Campus, who was working as a driver for an Indian national, sustained a gunshot wound on his left shoulder and died on the spot.
His remains will be autopsied to ascertain if he had other injuries.