Akrho member killed in Liloan

A fraternity member was shot dead inside a shanty in barangay Poblacion, Liloan town, northern Cebu, last Wednesday afternoon.

The killing of Jade Lirasan, 20, could be fraternity-related, said police.

The victim was a member of the Alpha Kappa Rho fraternity.

PO2 Gabriel Opoc, investigator of the Liloan police, said a background check on the victim revealed that he had received death threats from a rival fraternity.

Police said investigation is under way to identify the assailants.

A witness told police that Lirasan was in a shanty in sitio Greenhills texting on his cell phone when three men on a motorcycle arrived.

One of the backriders approached Lirasan and shot him several times.

The assailants drove off toward Compostela town. The motorcycle didn’t have a plate number.

The victim was rushed to the Eversley Child Sanitarium Hospital in Mandaue City but did not make it alive.

Police recovered three empty shells and a slug of a .9mm pistol at the crime scene.

A witness told police that the assailants wore helmets and covered their faces with handkerchiefs.

The gunman was sporting a long hair, said the witness.

The shanty where Lirasan was killed served as a meeting place for barangay workers after a cleanup drive.