ILOILO City – A village councilman and his brother were suspects in the shooting of their cousin, a police report showed.
Family feud was the possible motive the police were looking into in the attack on the 52-year-old Wilfredo Juanico.
Juanico, a resident of Barangay Magupaya, Banate, Iloilo, sustained gunshot wounds on the stomach and arms. He was taken to the Western Visayas Medical Center in Mandurriao district here.
Police identified the suspects as Magupaya kagawad Rowen Juanico, 40, and brother Rogen, 38.
A confrontation ensued between Juanico and the brothers before the latter fired at the former at around 7:10 a.m. on Friday, police said, citing witnesses.
As of this writing the police were searching for the brothers, who witnesses said fled after the shooting./PN
