A man was shot dead by an unknown assailant while on his way home Monday night in Parañaque City just days before his birthday.
Police said the victim, identified as Darvin Baldovino, and a resident of Paranaque City, suffered several gunshot wounds in the body and died on the spot.
Baldovino was supposed to celebrate his 39th birthday on Saturday (May 8).
Investigation showed the incident happened at 8:35 p.m. along MIA Road in front of 711 Global Plaza, Barangay Tambo, Paranaque City.
According to a witness, Baldovino was walking when an unidentified suspect suddenly appeared and shot him several times in the body.
Baldovino’s wife, Janice, told the police that prior to the incident, her husband asked for her permission to go out of the house to buy a cellphone and failed to return home.
Janice also said that she learned from Rose Diestro, a desk clerk at Barangay Tambo, that her husband came from the barangay before the incident.
Diestro told Janice that a man filed a complaint against her husband in the barangay and that Baldovino had a confrontation with the complainant, walked out, and left.
The police are still looking into the possibility that the motive of the killing has something to do with the complaint filed against the victim.