KORONADAL CITY – Authorities have launched a citywide manhunt for two gunmen who shot and killed a civil engineer and wounded his wife during a Wednesday morning gun attack inside Doña Lourdes Subdivision.
Police Lt. Col. Peter Pinalgan Jr., city police director, said engineer Kezzie Junsan was pronounced dead in a hospital due to multiple bullet wounds. His wife, Maria, was wounded and is being treated at the same hospital.
Pinalgan condemned the attack, saying an investigation is underway to identify the perpetrators.
“We have widened the scope of our pursuit operation. We hope to catch the culprits soon,” he said in a radio interview.
The couple had just arrived in their sports utility vehicle and as Junsan alighted to open the gate at 7:45 a.m., two men on a motorcycle arrived. One of them opened fire on Junsan, while his wife, seated in the front passenger seat, was hit by stray bullets.
Police investigators recovered eight empty shells from a .45 caliber pistol in the crime scene. (PNA)