Laborer Shot Dead in Bago City

By Glazyl M. Jopson

BACOLOD CITY – Two brothers were arrested in connection with the killing of a 37-year-old laborer in Barangay Binubuhan, Bago City, Negros Occidental, on Monday.

The victim, identified only as “Rene,” was found dead a day after he was allegedly shot by suspects “Ikit” and “Dennis” on Sunday night.

Police cited a witness who said he was walking home just a few meters ahead of the victim after attending a birthday party when he heard gunshots from a nearby sugarcane field.

When he turned around to check, the victim had disappeared, prompting him to run home and alert the victim’s relatives.

The next day, the victim’s body was found with a gunshot wound to his left arm that pierced through his body.

Police Senior Master Sgt. Erwin Jamandre, investigator of the Bago City Police Station, said in a radio interview that the suspects were arrested during a pursuit operation in their village just hours after the body was discovered.

Jamandre said the shooting may have stemmed from a misunderstanding between the victim and the suspects during the party.