• GILBERT P. BAYORAN
An unidentified gunman shot and killed a lending firm collector on Monday at Hacienda Paje in Barangay Consing, E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental.
The victim was identified by the E.B. Magalona police as John Adrian de Leon, 26, of Grandville Subdivision in Brgy. Mansilingan, Bacolod City.
Initial police investigations indicated that the victim succumbed to a gunshot wound at the back of his head.
The victim, according to PCapt. Markelly Laganepa, deputy police chief of E.B. Magalona, was on his way home on board his driven XRM 125 motorcycle, when he was shot by the suspect.
De Leon was declared dead on arrival at the Teresita Lopez Jalandoni Provincial Hospital in Silay City, according to the police.
Laganepa said they already have a person of interest in the shooting of the victim, which may have been motivated by robbery.
He added that charges may soon be filed against the suspect.*