BACOLOD City – A man was hurt in a shooting incident in Barangay Calumangan, Bago City, Negros Occidental.
He was identified as 27-year-old resident July Beronio, who sustained gunshot wounds on the body, police said.
According to police investigation, Beronio mauled the 30-year-old Juvy Francisco of Barangay Busay, Bago City after a heated argument ensued between them around 5:15 p.m. on Saturday. This prompted Francisco to shoot Beronio using a .38-caliber revolver.
Beronio was brought to the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital in Bacolod City for medical treatment.
Officers of the Bago City police station conducted a manhunt operation against Francisco’s arrest, who fled after the incident./PN