AMERICAN GOES WILD
AN American national allegedly went wild inside a visa processing agency in barangay Centro, Mandaue City.
Warren Baker, 70, allegedly smashed the glass table of RJ Agency after he was informed that his visa application for a temporary residency was turned down by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) in Manila.
The incident happened last Tuesday night.
Jenny Poirier, manager of the agency, told the American that it was the BI who made the decision.
The agency called the police but the American had already left when policemen arrived. /CORRESPONDENT JUCELL MARIE P. CUYOS
STRAY BULLET HITS GIRL
A 12-YEAR-OLD girl was wounded after she was hit by a stray bullet in barangay Ibabao, Cordova town, off Mactan Island, Cebu.
Angel Pacquiao was recuperating in a Lapu-Lapu City hospital with a gunshot wound in the thigh.
Police said the bullet that hit the girl came from the gun fired by Joseph Oliamot.
Police said before the accidental shooting, Oliamot and neighbor Sonny Reyes argued in front of a store around 7 p.m. last Tuesday.
Police said the two men argued when Reyes demanded that Oliamot pay him the P600 that his neighbor owed from him.
While arguing, Reyes took a water pipe.
Police said Reyes was about to hit Oliamot with the pipe but the latter drew a gun and opened fire.
Oliamot missed and hit the girl instead. The girl was about five meters from Reyes when she was hit.
Oliamot fled after the incident. /REPORTER RHEA RUTH V. ROSELL
CALL BOY SHOT DEAD
A MAN was shot dead while sitting by the roadside in barangay Kalubihan, Cebu City.
Leonardo Rafael, 36, suffered a gunshot wound in the face. He was declared dead when he was brought to the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC).
Police said the man, who reportedly worked as a call boy, was shot past 2 a.m. yesterday while waiting for his live-in partner who checked in at a motel in Sanciangko Street.
The gunman fled on board a motorcycle driven by an accomplice, said PO3 Leroy Baguio, homicide investigator of Cebu City Police Office (CCPO).
Police are still investigating possible motives for the killing.
It was learned that the victim was previously shot but survived the attack, said police. /CORRESPONDENT CHITO O. ARAGON
MAN KILLED IN LAPU
A 28-YEAR-OLD butcher was shot dead by two unidentified men who went to his house looking for someone in barangay Pusok, Lapu-Lapu City.
Harry Rubi died on the spot due to a gunshot wound in the head.
Police said two men went to Rubi’s house looking for someone.
Police said Rubi told the two men that he didn’t know the whereabouts of the person they were looking for.
The two men left Rubi’s house and chased a still unidentified person.
Rubi went out of his house to check when he was shot by the two men who earlier went to his house.
Police said illegal drug connections were being looked into as possible motive for the killing.
Police said drug paraphernalia was found in the victim’s house./CORRESPONDENT NORMAN V. MENDOZA