POLICE FILES

City shootings

TWO shootings during the weekend in Cebu City left one person dead and another person wounded.

In barangay Ermita, an unidentified man was found dead with a gunshot wound in the body on Saturday night.

The man, who was in his 30s, wore a black under-shirt, a yellow polo, maong pants and green slippers. He was walking along the road at 10:30 p.m. when an unidentified assailant shot him dead with a .45 caliber pistol.

Police are still investigating the incident.

A few hours later in barangay Kamagayan, Leonilo Rodrigo was shot and wounded on the forehead by one of the youngsters, whom he argued with during a drinking spree at the Kuerks Restobar.

Rodrigo, a resident of barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City, had a heated argument with youths who sat at the next table. One of the youths pulled out a gun and shot Rodrigo. /Reporter Rhea Ruth Rosell

MAN KILLED BY carcar COP

A CARCAR City policeman shot dead a 56-year-old man who allegedly resisted arrest and drew his gun to fire at the law enforcer in barangay Crasher Napo, Carcar City last Saturday.

Proceso Geralde was killed by a bullet in the forehead.

Police said Inspector Arvi Arbuis of the Carcar City police responded to a call from an informer about the presence of an armed man in the barangay.

Arbuis went to the area and said he found Geralde, tucking a .38 caliber pistol in his waist.

The policeman said he tried to arrest the armed man, and the Geralde resisted and instead pulled out the gun and tried to shoot him.

Police recovered a .38 caliber revolver with two bullets, drug paraphernalia, a bottle of vitamins and P112 cash from Geralde./Reporter Rhea Ruth V. Rosell