SAN JOSE, Antique – A security of a shopping mall was stabbed dead on T.A. Fornier St., Barangay 2 here.
The 26-year-old June Sarte of Barangay Ramon Magsaysay, San Remigio, Antique succumbed to stab wounds on the chest and back.
Police tagged the suspect as 27-year-old tricycle driver Marion Armonio of Purok 7, Barangay 1 in this town.
According to police investigation, Sarte and Armonio figured in a heated argument that ended with the latter stabbing the former using a bladed weapon around 2:40 p.m. on March 11. The suspect then fled on board a motorcycle. It was not immediately established what triggered the altercation.
Sarte was brought to Angel Salazar Memorial General Hospital in this town where the attending physician declared him “dead on arrival.”
Officers of the San Jose police station launched a manhunt operation against the suspect./PN
