By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga
A spectator at a dance event was rushed to the hospital early yesterday morning, after being shot in the leg at Sitio Pulo Lonoy, Barangay Hawaiian, Silay City, Negros Occidental.
Police identified the victim as 25-year-old John Michael Loriega, a resident of Antonio Luna Street in Barangay Mambulac in the said city.
Investigators from the Silay City police said Loriega, along with several of friends, were watching a dance event when Loriega was shot in the leg by an unidentified assailant.
The suspect immediately fled the area, while the victim’s friends rushed him to the Teresita Lopez Jalandoni Provincial Hospital for medical treatment.
Silay City police are currently investigating the shooting./DGB, WDJ