50-year-old man shot dead inside Lucena City-bound bus in San Pablo City

MANILA, Philippines—A still unidentified suspect shot dead a 50-year-old man inside a Lucena City-bound bus in San Pablo City Monday, Superintendent Fernando de Castro, city police chief said on Tuesday.

He said that Romeo Nadal, a resident of Tiaong, Quezon, was on board a Dela Rosa Transit bus (TYU-856) along the Maharlika Highway in San Vicente village when another passenger shot him in the head before escaping at around 5 p.m.

“May pumara dun sa bus sa may highway kaya pumarada, dun na binaril yung victim (Someone stopped the bus in the highway where the victim was shot),” said De Castro in a phone interview. He said the gunshot caused panic inside the bus and the suspect may have used it as a way to escape.

The police chief said the passengers rushed to get off after Nadal was shot.  The bus driver and conductor rushed the victim to the San Pablo City Medical Center.

Nadal died while undergoing treatment at the hospital, said De Castro.

De Castro said the bus driver and conductor could not identify or describe the suspect to police.

San Pablo City police are conducting an investigation on the incident, he added.