By CYRUS M. GARDE
BACOLOD City — A former security guard was shot dead in Sitio Amalia, Barangay Jonob-Jonob, Escalante City.
Luisito Patigayon Gutib, 30 of Barangay Alimango was on his way to buy drinks for his friends when he was shot around 4 p.m. on Sunday, said Superintendent Leo Batiles, Escalante police chief.
The suspects escaped and remain unidentified, Batiles said.
Witnesses said the suspects had their faces covered with T-shirts.
Batiles suspected that Gutib’s friends shot him.
Policemen recovered a magazine for a .9-mm pistol at the crime scene.
Cheryl, Gutib’s wife, said her husband has no enemy.
Gutib used to work as a security guard in Cebu but failed to renew his firearm license.
He later worked as a city government casual employee./PN
