A 48-year-old game fowl breeder was fatally shot in Barangay Marcelo, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Nov. 11. (Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region)
BACOLOD CITY – A 48-year-old game fowl breeder was fatally shot in his game farm in Barangay Marcelo, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Nov. 11.
Police Lt. Dwight Fajardo, deputy chief of the Calatrava Municipal Police Station, said the victim Max was checking his fighting cocks when three unidentified men arrived and shot him from behind.
Fajardo said the victim sustained bullet wounds in the back and a slash wound in the nape.
The victim was taken to a hospital where he died.
Recovered from the crime scene were a fired .45 caliber cartridge case and a fired 12-gauge shotgun shell.
Police are probing the motive of the incident and checking the background of the victim.