BACOLOD CITY – A 44-year-old woman was shot dead and her live-in partner, a former barangay captain, was wounded in their vehicle in Bangga Tomaro, Barangay Sum-ag here on Friday night, March 7.
Police Capt. Andy Ofalia, head of Police Station 9, identified the fatality as Carmilitia, a resident of this city.
Wounded was Federico Gayagas Jr., 53, former Barangay Bacong, Bago City, Negros Occidental captain.
Carmilitia sustained a lone bullet wound and declared dead in a hospital. Gayagas was shot in the head and is in critical condition in a hospital.
Fired 9mm bullets were recovered inside their vehicle, as well as an M16 rifle and an M203 explosive.
Ofalia said that according to the woman’s family, the couple had been arguing in the past days.
Gayagas was involved in a shootout with the police in Barangay Taculing here in September 2016 where he and his companion were wounded and a cousin was killed. He survived an attack by gunmen in July 2017 in Bago City in his cock farm.
Police are conducting follow-up investigation.