THREE persons were gunned down by motorcycle-riding suspects in Catbalogan City and Bobon, Northern Samar from December 15 to 16, 2020.
Police identified the victims as Mario Ilao, 45, member of Catbalogan Law Enforcement Auxiliary Unit; Enrico Tafalla Tepace, a resident of Barangay Dalakit, Catarman, Northern Samar; and Amy Gotonero Capoquian, 45, jobless and a resident of Barangay Magsaysay, Bobon town.
Ilao was shot dead around 7:10 a.m. Wednesday, December 16, while he was about to report for work.
Four unidentified suspects onboard a single motorcycle and a pick-up vehicle shot him using an undetermined caliber of long and short firearms.
On December 15, Tepace and Capoquian were also shot by still-unidentified suspects onboard a motorcycle, police said in the report.
The two were gunned down while they were at a waiting shed along the national highway of Barangay Sta Clara in Bobon around 8:30 p.m.
Witnesses said they heard five gunshots of unknown caliber during the incident.
Police are investigating the two shootings. (SunStar Philippines)