Electrician gunned down in Victorias

Posted by watchmen
May 16, 2017
Posted in TOP STORIES

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga

An electrician was killed after he was allegedly shot by colleagues from the Philippines Guardians Brotherhood, Inc. at Victorias Commercial Complex, Victorias City, Negros Occidental, late Sunday evening.
Police identified the fatality as Jonathan Baitan, a worker of the Victorias Sports Complex.
Victorias City police chief, Police Supt. Herman Garboza, said Baitan was walking in the area when he was shot by Romulo Lumawod who then fled following the incident.
Baitan was rushed by bystanders to the city’s medical clinic, but he later succumbed to a gunshot wound in the chest.
Victorias police recovered a slug of unknown caliber in the crime scene.
Garboza said, prior to the incident, Baitan and Lumawod held grudges against each other.
A follow-up operation to capture the suspect is being conducted by police./WDJ

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