PAGADIAN CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Jun. 20, 2014) – Police said a man accused in killing his neighbor was himself murdered in Pagadian City in Zamboanga del Sur province.
Police said Edgardo Gallarde, 53, was shot in the chest by a lone gunman who waited for the victim to arrive in his house at Purok Nawasa in the village of Napolan. Gallarde, who also resided in Malim village in Tabina town, died instantly from the attack.
“Investigation disclosed that the victim had just arrived at his residence when the unidentified suspect armed with undetermined type of firearm approached and confronted the victim and without any apparent reason shot him once. He sustained lone gunshot wound in his chest which resulted to his instantaneous death while the suspect immediately fled to unknown direction after the incident,” a police report said.
“Further investigation also revealed that the victim was the primary suspect of the killing of his neighbor at Malim in Tabina, Zamboanga Del Sur in which the Pagadian City police believed that a possible retaliation of the suspect to the victim was the motive of the incident,” the report added.
No individual claimed responsibility for the killing and the victim’s family did not give any statement about the murder. (Mindanao Examiner)
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