BACOLOD City – A cockfighting aficionado had been shot to death by van-riding gunmen.
Rico Villanueva died of multiple gunshot wounds on the body and head, said Superintendent James Latayon, police head of Cauayan, Negros Occidental.
Police said there were at least four suspects in the death of the 37-year-old resident of Sitio Capaclan, Barangay Inayawan, Cauayan.
Villanueva was driving his motorcycle, on board which was an unidentified cousin, when attacked at around 1 p.m. Sunday in Sitio Tambo, Barangay Inayawan, Cauayan, police said.
They were bound for the Sitio Sil-alay Cockpit Arena in Barangay Bulata, Cauayan at the time. The gunmen, on the other hand, were riding a Nissan van, said the police.
Responding officers said they did not find the body at the crime scene – the family took it to their house and did not want the police to investigate.
All that was left were an unfired cartridge case of an M16, a fired cartridge case of a .9mm pistol and eight deformed slugs./PN
