3 Negrenses killed in
separate shootings

Three persons were killed in shooting incidents in Hinigaran, Don Salvador Benedicto and in Victorias City in Negros Occidental, police said yesterday.

The victims were identified as Henry Danayon, Roberto Benares and Joel Omandac.

Police said Danayon, a resident of Moises Padilla town, was shot allegedly by Jorge Eranala on May 28 in Brgy. Palayog, Hinigaran. He suffered two fatal gunshot wounds in the head.

Omandac, on the other hand, was shot allegedly by Julius Belleza with a .45 caliber pistol in Brgy. Bunga, Don Salvador Benedicto.

The victim who suffered multiple gunshot wounds was declared dead on arrival at the San Carlos City District Hospital, police also said.

Meanwhile, a certain Robert Carlosita was tagged as a suspect in the shooting of Benares in Brgy. 9, Victorias City, which was allegedly triggered by a love triangle.

Carlosita died on the way to the Ika-ayong Lawas Foundation in Victorias City. The shooting incidents are still being investigated by the police, while the three suspects are still at-large.*GPB

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2 houses in Bata robbed

Two houses in neighboring puroks in Brgy. Bata, Bacolod City, were robbed by unidentified persons yesterday, the police said.

Junelyn Sevillo told the police that an unidentified person broke into her house in Purok Mahimayaon, Brgy. Bata and took her three cellphones at about 5:45 a.m. yesterday.

Police records showed that the person who took Sevillo's Nokia 6600, 3310, and 6030 cellphones entered the house by detaching five jalousie blades from the window. Abraham Barizo, 24, also reported to Police Station 2 that an unidentified person entered his residence in Purok Masinadyahon, Brgy. Bata and took his cellphone and wallet at about 3 a.m. yesterday.

Barizo said that the thief also detached two jalousie blades from his bathroom window, and took his Nokia 1100 cellphone and his wallet containing P1,500 in cash and his SSS and Philhealth cards, police records showed.

The police said that they are still investigating the robberies.*PP

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Man files mauling complaint

For failing to pay his debt, a man was mauled and his three-month-old baby hit in Bacolod City Monday, police reports said.

The complainant, who requested anonymity, told the police that a certain "Baby" punched him on the left side of his face and hurt the baby he was carrying, when he failed to pay the money he had borrowed, police records showed.

The man said "Baby" tried to get, as payment for his debt, his cellphone and that the suspect punched him when he refused. This happened in his house at about 7:30 p.m. Monday, at Tindalo St., Brgy. Villamonte, Bacolod City.

The police are still investigating the incident.*PP

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