TWO unidentified gunmen shot dead a former policeman while driving his motorcycle in front of the University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos along Lizares Extension in Barangay 40, Bacolod City past 10 p.m. Thursday, March 3, 2022.
Major Leo Estopa, commander of Police Station 6, said Ryan Lumogdang, 41, of Barangay Estefania in the city succumbed to multiple gunshot wounds.
Estopa said they are eyeing personal grudges as possible motives in the killing of the victim.
He said they are also coordinating with the family of the victim to determine if he had received threats before he was gunned down.
Estopa added the investigators will also check the security camera in the area to identify the perpetrators.
Lumogdang, a former Police Officer 1, was assigned at Bacolod City Police Stations 1, 2, 4 and City Anti-Illegal Special Operations Task Group before he was dismissed in 2017 after he tested positive for illegal substances during a random drug test.
He joined the Philippine National Police in 2010 and was dismissed from service in 2017.
The late police officer was once recognized for his bravery after he arrested an armed man at the Provincial Capitol Lagoon even while he was off-duty despite sustaining a stab wound.
Lumogdang was also conferred the “Medalya ng Papuri” by the Police Regional Office-Western Visayas after he arrested some members of notorious robbery groups in Bacolod City.