BACOLOD City – Police were still identifying the suspect in a shooting in Barangay Guiljungan, Cauayan, Negros Occidental.
The 33-year-old resident July Pelarion sustained a gunshot wound on the chest, a police report showed.
He received treatment at the Holy Mother of Mercy Hospital in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental.
The shooting happened past 12 midnight on April 24 at the public plaza in the village where there was a benefit dance.
From what the police gathered so far, the suspect was drunk and used a .38-caliber revolver in shooting Pelarion, who was also drunk.
The suspect was about 5’4” to 5’5” in height, medium built, and wearing a blue T-shirt and maong shorts, police said.
He fled after the shooting. The Cauayan police launched a manhunt against him./PN
