Four dead in shooting attacks

FOUR men were killed while another was wounded in five separate shooting incidents in Cebu yesterday and Sunday.

The first incident started with an argument over cockfighting bets in barangay Cambang-ug, Toledo City, southwest of Cebu.

Joseph Sepada died after he was shot in the chest by the brother of the man he argued with inside the cockpit after the cockfighting match was declared a draw. Witnesses identified the shooter as Junjun Abadinas, 32.

Police said Junjun pulled out a gun after he saw his brother came to blows with Sepada. Police were still invesigating the incident.

An hour later in Mandaue City, a tug boat operator who tried to pacify his men from fighting a group of bystanders in barangay Centro over a basketball game, was instead shot twice in the body.

Edwin Mariquit, 43, of Minglanilla, Cebu survived the shooting.

Mariquit, however, couldn’t identify who shot him because there were a lot of people outside their bunkhouse when the shooting happened.

toledo attack

At 6 p.m. in Toledo City, two men on a motorcycle shot dead Anecito Labajo, in barangay Poog.

Police said Labajo, who owns a lending business, was sitting at the side of the road when he was shot several times.

The attackers fled after the attack. Police were still investigating the incident.

Yesterday dawn in  Talisay City, an unidentified assailant shot dead Jimmy Cabellon, who was walking along the road in barangay Tangke.

Cabellon died after he was shot several times in the body. Police were still investigating the incident.

shot in head

In Lapu-Lapu City yesterday morning, Carlo Obayan, of barangay Pusok, was sleeping in a wooden bench at a vacant lot in the area when an unidentified assailant shot him in the head.

The gunman was wearing a motorcycle helmet when he approached the victim.

He then casually walked away from the crime scene. Police were still investigating the incident./Reporter Jucell Cuyos, Correspondents Joy Quito, Norman Mendoza, and Gabriel Bonjoc