BANGUED, Abra – Two men were killed during a drinking session in Sitio Barbarit, Barangay Cosili East, this capital town, on Friday night, July 5.
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Police Capt. Cerel Gaspili, Bangued deputy chief of police, identified the victims as Kieft Marty B. Batalla, 21, of Barangay Santa Rosa, Peñarrubia, Abra; and Mark Joseph R. Tupasi, 28, of Barangay Bugbog, Bucay, Abra.
Gaspili said the victims were drinking with co-workers in a house when a man appeared and shot them.
The victims sustained bullet wounds in the head and chest and died on the spot.
Police recovered five empty caliber .40 shells and a slug in the crime scene.
Gaspili said that manhunt operations against the suspect are ongoing. He said that they are looking at old grudge as the motive behind the killing.