BACOLOD City – A drinking binge in a wake turned fatal for a laborer in Barangay Zone 6, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental.
The 31-year-old Jemar “Lalay” Caniendo of Sagay City, Negros Occidental was shot dead, a police report showed.
Caniendo – sustaining a gunshot wound on the forehead – was declared “dead on arrival” at the Cadiz City Emergency Clinic.
Police said the suspect was the 26-year-old fisherman Felomino Pasilan of Barangay Zone 6.
Pasilan allegedly shot Caniendo after they had a heated argument while binge drinking with friends around 11 p.m. on Friday.
It was not immediately clear what triggered the altercation.
Police were still hunting Pasilan, who fled after the shooting./PN
