Man killed, partner injured in Lapu attack

A COMPUTER technician was killed while his live-in partner was wounded when they were attacked by a still-unidentified gunman inside their house in barangay Babag, Lapu-Lapu City.

Karl Philip Mangubat, 24, died on the spot with a gunshot wound in the head. The man’s live-in partner, Gina Virtudazo, 24, was wounded in the right foot.

Police said the couple was in their room when a man barged in and shot them past 8 p.m. Wednesday.

The assailant fled after the attack.

The couple was brought to the Lapu-Lapu City Hospital where the man was declared dead by the attending doctor.

The woman told police that she failed to recognize the perpetrator because the room was dark during the attack.

Virtudazo said Mangubat was a member of Bloods, a youth gang.

Two empty shells for 9mm caliber pistol were recovered in the crime scene.

SPO1 Allan Pantaleon, homicide investigator of the Lapu-Lapu City Police Office (LLCPO), said gang rivalry is one of the angles being looked into as possible motives for the attack./CORRESPONDENT NORMAN V. MENDOZA