Two dead in NegOr shooting

By Glazyl Y. Masculino

BACOLOD City – Two persons were killed in separate shooting incidents in Negros Oriental last Wednesday.

In Sibulan town, Roberto Silva, 40, of Barangay Looc, was gunned down by three unidentified men at the said village.

Initial investigation by the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (Norppo) indicated that the victim was on his way home after buying a cigarette from a store when the assailants shot him.

Police recovered from the scene 15 fired cartridges, a misfired cartridge, and a deformed slug of .45 caliber ammunition.

Silva was reportedly under probation for a drug offense in Ayungon town, police records showed.

In Guihulngan City, Joseph Redocto Bitonga, 41, of Barangay Trinidad, was sitting outside his house when two unidentified armed men approached and shot him several times which caused his immediate death, a report from Norppo said.