By JEN BAYLON

Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) director Colonel Noel Aliño has ordered the immediate resolution of the recent shooting incidents in the city.

BCPO spokesperson Colonel Ronnie Brillo said Aliño ordered Major Elmer Bonilla of Police Station 1, Captain Glenn Montano of Police Station 2 and Captain Dax Santillan of Police Station 6 to intensify the investigation into the killings in their areas of responsibility.

The BCPO will deploy their Investigation, Detective and Management Unit and Intelligence Unit to these police stations for quick resolution of cases.

Brillo said they considered the cases “isolated,” and the public should not worry.

On July 10, the victim, Niño Baldebia, was found dead at Purok Masagana in the city’s Barangay Taculing.

On July 11, Joemarie Villapana was shot dead at Purok Lampirong in Barangay 2, while on Saturday, July 13, a 12-year-old boy was also shot to death on Locsin-Cuadra Streets in Barangay 21.

The minor was one of the companions of alias “Macoy,” the suspect in the abduction and rape of a five-year-old girl in Negros Occidental’s Talisay City.

The suspects in these shootings have yet to be identified./JB, WDJ