Love triangle eyed in Marikina shooting incident
MANILA, Philippines — A meet-up between a man and his live-in partner turned into a shooting incident, possibly due to a love triangle, leaving the man injured.
According to the Marikina City Police Station, the injured man, Allan Galang, 28, was supposed to meet with live-in partner Katherine Desiderrio at a friend’s house in Marikina Heights on Tuesday night.
However, Desiderrio arrived at the house with four unidentified men and the suspect, identified as Michael Dumlao.
Dumlao and Galang had a brief altercation, and then the four men mauled Galang.
Dumlao then fired a gun at the Galang’s right thigh and escaped with Desiderrio on a motorcycle, while four other suspects fled the scene using a Honda Sedan.
Galang was taken to the Amang Rodriguez Memorial Medical Center for treatment of a fracture and a gunshot wound.
The Marikina Scene of the Crime Operatives team, led by 2nd Lt. Roy Guevarra recovered a spent cartridge case from the scene.
Meanwhile, police launched a follow-up operation to hunt down the assailants.
(Editor: Alexander T. Magno)
