By GLAZYL MASCULINO
BACOLOD CITY – A 21-year-old man allegedly involved in a love triangle was shot dead in Barangay Balintawak, Escalante City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, July 14, police said.
Police identified the victim as Alfredo Sumaylo II, a resident of Siquijor, who was recently assigned to the ticketing office of a shipping firm in Escalante City.
Police Capt. Lindsey Caraballe, deputy chief of the Escalante City Police Station, said the victim had just arrived in the area to meet someone when he was allegedly chased and shot several times by an unidentified person.
The suspect fled and the victim was declared dead on a hospital.
Caraballe said they have yet to determine if the person he was supposed to meet could be his lover or another person.
Recovered from the crime scene were a deformed slug, a live ammunition, and fired cartridges of a .40 caliber firearm.
Caraballe said they could not elaborate further on the love triangle angle as they are having difficulty investigating because the victim was not from the province.
It was also possible that the suspect was not from Negros Occidental, police said.
Caraballe said they are backtracking closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera footages to aid them in the investigation.