Trader gunned down in Naga

A HARDWARE store owner was shot dead by a motorcycle-riding assailant in barangay Tuyan, Naga City, southern Cebu.

Renante Bacus, owner of Bacus Construction Supply, was attending to a customer when the assailant arrived and peppered him with bullets past 8 a.m. yesterday.

The 39-year-old victim died on the spot with gunshot wounds in different parts of the body.

A store worker told police that the assailant wore a bonnet.

Several empty shells of a .45 caliber pistol were recovered in the crime scene,

Based on a footage caught by the store’s security camera, the assailant took the victim’s wallet before speeding off.

Police are still investigating possible motives of the attack./CORRESPONDENT CHITO O. ARAGON