Balikbayan shot dead in Banilad robbery

A balikbayan was shot dead after he fought off three armed robbers in barangay Banilad, Cebu City, early morning yesterday.

Juan Carlos Villordon, 27, of barangay Lipata, Minglanilla, was shot in the chest. He died while being treated in a Cebu City hospital.

Villordon who is based in Australia and his girlfriend Aimee Gaye Sembrand, 25, were on their way home following a night out in a resto bar.

Police said Sembrand left ahead. She was at the side of the road when three men grabbed her digital camera. Villordon, who heard his girlfriend shout, ran to help her.

He confronted the three robbers, said Senior Supt. Melvin Ramon Buenafe, chief of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO).

Police said Villordon was heard challenging the robbers ‘pusila ko (shoot me)’ when a gunshot rang out.

The robbers fled on a motorcycle.

Police said a separate robbery happened in the area before the fatal shooting. Sam Radimoda, 29, and Kate Abella Rosta lost a digital camera worth P32,000 and a necklace.

Insp. Rolando Pinili, chief of the Theft and Robbery Section of the CCPO, said a suspect was picked up yesterday noon and was still being investigated. CORRESPONDENT CHITO O. ARAGON