Couple shot dead while sleeping in Quezon

LUCENA CITY — A farmer and his live-in partner were shot and killed on Saturday, Dec. 28, while sleeping inside their house in Lopez, Quezon.

The Lopez police said in a report Sunday that Armando Lapuz, 55, and Nelia Leona, 71, were gunned down while in bed in Barangay Calantipayan.

Their bodies, both with fatal gunshot wounds, were found around 7 a.m.

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Investigators identified the “person of interest” in the killing as one “Danny Boy,” a resident of the same village. Two cohorts reportedly accompanied him.

The report said the killers left aboard a motorcycle after the shooting.

According to the police, Lapuz was the suspect in the killing of Angel Lopez, father of Danny Boy, in 2014.

Police launched a manhunt operation to locate Danny Boy.