• THERESA MAE DULMAN
A father’s birthday celebration ended in a family tragedy after one of his sons hacked their eldest brother and was subsequently shot dead by their youngest sibling in Sitio Mao, Barangay Balicotoc, Ilog, Negros Occidental, Nov. 10.
Police identified the fatality as alias “Berto”, and the wounded eldest brother as “Elibert”, 49. The shooter is their 35-year-old youngest brother, alias “Tindog”.
According to the Ilog Municipal Police Station (MPS), a heated argument erupted among the brothers at around 10 p.m. during their father’s birthday celebration.
Berto allegedly hacked Elibert in the left leg, prompting Tindog to pull out a .38 caliber firearm and shoot Berto in the right abdomen, resulting in his death.
Barangay captain Mark Joseph Valenciano reported the incident to the police at around 8:30 a.m. Nov. 11.
Elibert is confined at the Tabugon Kabankalan Hospital in Kabankalan City, while Tindog is detained at the police station. | TMD
