BY NYARIKA DOMANAIS
BACOLOD City – A truck driver was shot to death in front of his house in Sitio Mambalayong, Barangay Mahalang, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental.
Basilio Gemarang, 47 and a resident of the aforementioned barangay, sustained gunshot wounds on his chest and right hand. He was declared dead on arrival at the hospital.
According to Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Grande, chief of the Himamaylan City Police Station, Gemarang was awakened by the barking of dogs and went outside to check.
Two unidentified men suddenly shot the victim, Grande said.
Old grudge was seen as the motive in the killing, the police chief added.
Himamaylan police said they have already identified the suspects but refused to divulge their identities as of this writing./PN