Two heavily-tattooed young men were shot dead inside a newly opened computer shop in Sampaloc, Manila yesterday morning.
Investigators of the Manila Police District identified the victims as Gold Morris Ancheta, 18; and his cousin Kevin Van Erick Villegas, 20, a member of the Bahala na Gang.
The boys, both residents of Prudencio Street in Sampaloc, were declared dead on arrival by doctors at the University of Santo Tomas Hospital due to multiple gunshot wounds.
Probers said the victims were shot dead at 2:45 a.m. inside the newly opened Social Hub Computer Shop at the corner of Fajardo and Cristobal Streets.
Before that, they were playing computer games when three men barged into the establishment and announced a heist.
One of the three men then took out a gun and shot the victims.
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Afterward, the gunman and his two companions rushed outside the computer shop and got into a green Toyota Avanza which sped away.
Investigators said they believed that the three men’s targets were just the victims because no other customers were harmed during the shooting.
In addition, no one inside the computer shop was divested of his valuables or belongings.
Case investigator Police Officer 2 Jose Gumilan described the victims as heavily tattooed.
Ancheta bore tattoos which read “Ride or Die,” “MPR,” “Convict,” “Villegas” and “Romans 7:14” with a picture of Jesus Christ. The face of a person was also inked on the lower part of his abdomen.
Villegas, on the other hand, had a “To die for” tattoo on his chest, markings of Bahala na Gang on the right wrist and the words “Only God Knows Why Life After Death,” tattooed on the right shoulder.
A police report said that Ancheta sustained five gunshot wounds while his cousin was shot four times.
Eight spent bullets from a .45 cal. pistol were recovered by Scene of the Crime Operatives at the crime scene.
The police said they were still trying to determine the motive for the shooting because no witnesses have stepped forward to provide them with information. Jeannette I. Andrade