PNP probes shooting of chairwoman in Samar

Samar map. INQUIRER FILES

ORMOC CITY — Policemen are conducting a thorough investigation to identify the perpetrators and establish the motive in the shooting of a village chairwoman in Barangay Obrero, Calbayog City, Samar on Monday, October 2.

Susan Sumulong, 50, chairwoman of Barangay Calocnayan, Seven Hills, Calbayog City was on board a tricycle heading when an assailant fired at her.

The victim was hit in the back of her shoulder and was immediately brought to a local hospital by the pedicab driver for immediate treatment.

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Witnesses told policemen that the perpetrator fled away to an unknown direction on board a motorcycle.

Sumulong is now recuperating at the Calbayog District Hospital.

JPV