ILOILO City – A member of Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit shot two people, killing one and injuring another, in Barangay Bolo, Maasin, Iloilo.
He was identified as Rene Maderable of Barangay Dagami, Maasin, a police report showed.
The victim, Regiene Esperidion, 24, of Barangay Camansi, Maasin, succumbed to a gunshot wound on the chest, it added.
Meanwhile, Dexter John Cordero, also a resident of Barangay Dagami, survived the shooting. He was recuperating at the Ramon Tabiana Memorial Hospital in Cabataun, Iloilo.
Police investigators said the shooting happened at around 9 p.m. on May 6.
Esperidion and Maderable figured in a heated argument prior to the incident. But it was not immediately established what triggered the altercation.
Maderable fled after the incident but eventually turned himself in to authorities on Thursday afternoon.
He was now detained in the lockup cell of the Maasin municipal police station, facing charges./PN
