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BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS
ILOILO City – The suspect in a shooting incident in Zone 3, Barangay Boulevard, Molo, Iloilo City faces a murder charge.
Police Captain Benjie Dicen, officer-in-charge of the Molo police station, said they were still looking for the 60-year-old suspect, “Nonoy” Catalan, a retired Philippine Army and a resident of Zone 1, Barangay Boulevard.
Catalan allegedly shot 60-year-old Armando “Alog” Samson, a dried fish vendor who owed him P1,000.
Meanwhile, Dicen said they were in contact with the suspect’s brother.
“Sa subong sige pa gid ang follow-up naton sa suspect. Naga-communicate kami sa utod sang aton suspect nga buligan ini mapa-surrender,” Dicen said.
On Saturday morning, Aug. 12, Catalan went to Samson’s house to collect the debt, but the victim, who had only P50 left, could not pay.
The victim’s 14-year-old son and residents heard six bursts of gunfire from a .45 pistol ascertained from empty bullet shells recovered from the crime scene./PN
