3 gunned down by riding-in-tandem

SAMAR.  Another victim of motorcyle-riding suspects  in Catbalogan City. (Contributed photo)
SAMAR. Another victim of motorcyle-riding suspects in Catbalogan City. (Contributed photo)
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THREE persons were gunned down by motorcycle-riding suspects in Catbalogan City and Bobon, Northern Samar from December 15 to 16, 2020.

Police identified the victims as Mario Ilao, 45, member of Catbalogan Law Enforcement Auxiliary Unit; Enrico Tafalla Tepace, a resident of Barangay Dalakit, Catarman, Northern Samar; and Amy Gotonero Capoquian, 45, jobless and a resident of Barangay Magsaysay, Bobon town.

Ilao was shot dead around 7:10 a.m. Wednesday, December 16, while he was about to report for work.

Four unidentified suspects onboard a single motorcycle and a pick-up vehicle shot him using an undetermined caliber of long and short firearms.

On December 15, Tepace and Capoquian were also shot by still-unidentified suspects onboard a motorcycle, police said in the report.

The two were gunned down while they were at a waiting shed along the national highway of Barangay Sta Clara in Bobon around 8:30 p.m.

Witnesses said they heard five gunshots of unknown caliber during the incident.

Police are investigating the two shootings. (VoxPop Philippines)

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