Motorcycle-riding man kills 14-year-old boy | Inquirer News

Motorcycle-riding man kills 14-year-old boy

/ 11:52 PM October 18, 2012

A teenager was shot dead by a motorcycle-riding gunman near the victim’s house in Quezon City yesterday morning.

Von Axel Delpozo, 14, was hit once in the chest in the 6:15 a.m. attack on Marin Street in Barangay Holy Spirit.

Case investigator PO2 Dennis Llapitan said the boy lived on a nearby street. Policemen are still trying to determine why the killer targeted the boy.

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A witness said he had just opened his sari-sari (retail) store for the day when he heard a gunshot ring out.

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He peeked outside and saw the victim fall to the ground as a man sped away on his motorcycle.

The boy’s family learned of the shooting and rushed him to Malvar General Hospital where the victim died at 6:47 a.m. as he was undergoing treatment. Julie M. Aurelio

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