Illegal drugs eyed in Lapu-Lapu killing

A 29-YEAR-OLD man was shot dead by still-unidentified assailants in barangay Mactan, Lapu-Lapu City Tuesday night.

Genmar Oporto died on the spot with a gunshot wound in the head.

Police said habal-habal drivers found the man slumped in a vacant lot in Vistamar Subdivision in sitio Soong II.

Police said a motorcycle and a car were seen leaving the area following bursts of gunfire.

PO3 Lydo Pinos said the killing could be drug-related.

Pinos said a pack of suspected shabu was recovered from the victim’s possession.

Pinos added that in the victim’s cellphone were his exchanges with someone regarding an illegal drug transaction.

The victim’s live-in partner told police that Genmar was driving a borrowed motorcycle when he left home.

Police, however, failed to recover the motorcycle from the crime scene.  /CORRESPONDENT NORMAN V. MENDOZA