Two senior citizens were separately shot and killed by still unidentified gunmen in mountainous barangays of Calatrava, Negros Occidental Tuesday.
A farmer, identified as Alfredo Piala Sr., succumbed to multiple gunshot wounds after he was shot by an unidentified gunman in Sitio Pison, Brgy, Minautok, Calatrava.
Initial police investigations showed that Piala, 61, was waylaid and shot by the suspect, while he was attending to his carabao in the place.
The victim died on the spot, and the Calatrava police said his family members refused their offer to bring him to a hospital and preferred to bury him immediately.
Roberto Sanopao Sr., 64, was shot dead in Sitio Huebesan, Brgy. Marcelo, also in Calatrava, while he was on his way home, the police said.
Sanopao sustained a gunshot wound in the head, and was declared dead on arrival at the Calatrava Rural Health Clinic, the police added. — GB
