Bachelor killed in car ambush
MARLON Joshua Young was a 31-year-old bachelor, who dreamed of becoming a harbor pilot, getting married and starting his own family.
He was driving the Isuzu pickup when a gunman on a motorbike fired at the vehicle, killing all three on board, including the wife of lawyer Raul Sesbreño last Thursday.
Police found a .9mm pistol in the car, a weapon believed owned by Young. But he wasn’t able to fire back at his assailants.
Young was described as a “close family friend” and a business partner of Virginia Sesbreño’s sister.
Two Cebu City policemen were posted in the lobby of Cosmopolitan Funeral Homes in Nivel. They said the Young family had asked for police security.
Young’s uncle, a neurosurgeon, said the young man’s death came as a shock.
He said barangay tanods brought the wounded Young to the Talisay City District Hospital.
“The small amount of time could have saved Young’s life,” said the doctor, if only the victim was given immediate emergency assistance in an ambulance.
“I heard he was still able to walk into the hospital,” said the doctor.
Young had lived with the doctor for several years until college graduation because Young’s parents lives in Davao City.
He said Young was like his own son.
Young took up nautical studies in the University of Cebu and later became a licensed seaman.
He worked abroad for five years then stayed in Cebu to run a home-based “garbage segregation” business for over a year.
Young was the eldest of three siblings and the breadwinner of the family since his parents were retired.
“He was hardworking. He had the heart to help people,” his uncle told Cebu Daily News.
Young had a job offer to go back abroad to work as a seaman but he turned it down because he didn’t want to leave his employees. Garbage collectors and scavengers who had worked for Young were at the funeral parlor Wednesday night to pay their respects.
