Man, trike driver gunned down

TWO men were killed in separate shooting incidents in northern parts of Cebu.

Alwin Siacor, 28, was shot several times while he was waiting for his companion along a road in barangay Pulpogan, Consolacion town past 6 p.m. Wednesday.

Police said Siacor was standing at the side of the road while waiting for his friend, Cesario Tabotabo, 36, who was buying cigarettes from a store.

Chief Insp. Marlon Gumabao said they received reports that Siacor was previously jailed for a theft case.

Police recovered 14 empty shells of unknown caliber, two packs of suspected shabu and a cellphone from the victim’s possession.

In barangay Tuburan Sur, Danao City, a 33-year-old trisikad driver was shot dead by unidentified assailants in front of his house past 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Tanly Roble Laurente was brought to the Danao Provincial Hospital but did not make it alive./Correspondent Joy Cherry S. Quito

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