MEDICAL personnel attend to a shooting victim in Barangay Pasil, Cebu City on Sunday, Nov. 2. (Contributed photo)
CEBU CITY – A 44-year-old fisherman died while two others were wounded when they were shot while aboard a motor banca in Barangay Pasil here on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 2.
Police identified the fatality as Efren Tancos, a native of Inabanga, Bohol province.
Wounded were Marvin Duallo Moreno, 27, and Winston Cabigon Caparida, 25, who are also residents of Inabanga.
Police said Caparida hired Tancos and Moreno to transport his family in Barangay Ermita here to Inabanga. The family planned to visit their departed loved ones for All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days.
Police said the motor banca ferrying the victims was about to dock in Barangay Pasil when armed men peppered them with bullets.
The gunmen fled after the attack. The victims were taken to the Cebu City Medical Center where Tancos died.
Police Capt. Charisma Gonzales, information officer of the Cebu City Police Office, said initial investigation showed that at least five persons were involved in the attack.
Gonzales said further investigation will be made to identify the culprits and the motive of the attack.