BACOLOD City – A police officer who had been absent without leave was shot to death in Barangay 6, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental.
Remus Bayawa, 52, of Barangay 5, San Carlos City sustained gunshot wounds on the head and other parts of the body, a police report showed.
According to investigation, an unidentified suspect peppered Bayawa with bullets around 9:30 p.m. on Saturday.
A sachet of suspected illegal drugs, two empty shells of a .45 caliber gun and other drug paraphernalia were seized from Bayawa’s possession.
Police also recovered five empty shell of a .45-caliber pistol from the crime scene.
Officers from the San Carlos City police station have yet to identify the suspect and the motive in the incident./PN
