Boy, 4, shot dead while horse riding with father

By Glazyl Y. Masculino

 

BACOLOD City – A four-year-old boy, who was riding a horse with his father was gunned down at Sitio Palasanan, Barangay Mahalang, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental Wednesday.

Police withheld the name of the minor-victim.

According to Lieutenant Alfred Mansoy, deputy police chief of Himamaylan City Police Station, the victim and his 28-year-old father were on their way home from a river when the assailants shot them.

Mansoy said the suspects waited for the victim’s father to pass by the area. They aimed at the father, but the bullet hit the child’s head.

The suspects, who were later identified as siblings Jigger Dela Torre, 25, and Jay-r Dela Torre, 30, both residents of the said village, fled.

Mansoy said the suspects reportedly held grudges against the child’s father due to a misunderstanding two months ago.

“Wala man nag expect ang tatay ka bata na ma dumot gid gali ang mag-utod sa iya,” he added.

Mansoy said murder charges will be filed against the two suspects who remain at large.