BACOLOD CITY – A casual government employee was shot dead in Barangay 2, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday night, August 27.
A CASUAL government employee was gunned down in Barangay 2, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, August 27. (Photo courtesy of Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office)
Police identified the victim as Jerome Ducay, 36, of Barangay 5, San Carlos City.
Police Major Ryan Villasario, deputy chief of the San Carlos City Police Station, said Ducay was conducting an e-wallet transaction in a store when a man appeared and shot him at close range.
The suspect fled on foot. Ducay died on the spot from three bullets in the head and face.
Villasario said they are reviewing closed-circuit television cameras to identify the suspect.
Recovered from the crime scene were three fired bullets and a .45 caliber slug as well as the victim’s pouch containing a sachet of suspected shabu and P50.
Villasario said they are checking if the victim was part of a drug watchlist.
Police are probing two possible angles in the incident.
Villasario said Ducay might have been the target of a shooting incident last month where his friend was killed in Barangay 5.
Police are determining if suspect in that shooting could be the same individual who killed the victim.
Villasario said that they have identified a person of interest.
Police are also probing if the killing could be triggered by grudges.