ILOILO City – His younger brother shot him, police said.
The 48-year-old Rex Panes was now recuperating at the district hospital in Passi City, Iloilo.
Panes sustained a gunshot wound on the right arm, a police report showed.
Police said Panes’ 46-year-old brother Roy fired at him around 9:10 p.m. on Tuesday in their house in Barangay Mantulang, Passi City.
The reason behind the shooting has yet to be established as of this writing. It was also not immediately clear what was the weapon used in the attack.
Passi City police arrested Roy, who was now detained in the lockup cell of the component city’s police station.
Investigation was ongoing./PN