BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS
ILOILO City – A 37-year-old pedicab driver was shot by a motorcycle-riding gunman in Barangay San Nicolas, La Paz around 2:50 a.m. yesterday, July 18.
Arturo Gabuan Pabilona, single and a resident of the place, was declared “dead on arrival” at the hospital.
Pabilona was in the Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Council list and had been accused of theft and alarm and scandal, according to Barangay Kagawad Rolen Balajadia.
“Base sa aton nga investigation, sang kaagahon nagalakat ini siya pauli sa ila panimalay sang gulpi lang may nagdulog nga motor. Gintiro ni siya dayon sang suspect. According sa mga nakabati mga lima ka beses kuno ang lupok,” Captain Johnna Aguil, chief of La Paz Police Station, said.
Three empty shells and one live round of a .45 caliber were recovered.
“Ang biktima permi gina reklamo sang iya pamilya kag ginadala diri sa station kay kung mahubog naga maoy,” Aguil added.
The victim sustained gunshot wounds on his chest and abdomen.
“Sa subong nagakasubo gid kami sa pagpabalo, ilabi na gid sa pamilya, nga wala pa gid kami sang lead kung sino gid ang suspect,” Aguil said./PN
