High School Teacher Shot Dead Inside Bacolod Computer Shop

By Glazyl M. Jopson

BACOLOD CITY – Police are investigating personal grudges as a possible motive in the fatal shooting of a high school teacher inside a computer shop in Purok Lubi, Barangay 3, on Tuesday.

Police Maj. Eugene Tolentino, chief of Police Station 2, identified the victim as “Rex,” 48, a resident of Bago City, Negros Occidental.

Tolentino said the victim was playing a game on a computer when a lone gunman entered the shop and shot him at around 5:25 a.m.

The victim sustained a gunshot wound to the shoulder that exited through his back, resulting in his immediate death.

Police recovered a fired bullet from a .45 caliber pistol at the scene.

No other injuries were reported, although several customers were inside the shop at the time of the incident.

Tolentino said they already have a person of interest.

The victim’s wife told police her husband would sometimes visit the area because he knew someone there.

Police are reviewing closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage in hopes of identifying the gunman.