A personal grudge is being eyed by the police in the killing of a Silay barangay captain who was shot at the fish port in Purok Sibucao, Brgry. Banago, Bacolod City, Thursday, Acting Bacolod City police director, Senior Supt. Ronilo Quebrar, said yesterday.

Police investigation showed no link to politics, but what is being determined is whether there were other persons involved in the shooting of Barangay Balaring Captain Victor Diamante, 53, Quebrar said. Diamante, a fish dealer, was allegedly shot dead by Emiliano Saballa Paes, Jr., alias "Boy Paes", 60, with a gun of unknown caliber. He died on the spot.

Initial reports showed that two men engaged in a heated argument when Paes took a handful of shrimps from Diamante's tub, and this later resulted in the shooting, Quebrar said.

He said he has instructed Police Station 3 commander Senior Insp. Leonardo Borromeo to file murder charges against Paes who remains at-large. He said he is also appealing to those who had witnessed the incident to cooperate with the police and shed light in the investigation.

He said he also tapped the assistance of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group.

Diamante, who succumbed to a gunshot wound on his nape, was rushed to the Riverside Medical Center, but was declared dead on arrival. His remains were transferred from the Rolling Hills Memorial Chapel in Bacolod City to the Silay Mortuary in Silay City yesterday.*DMG

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