Police eye ‘love triangle’ in Dysam shooting

Franz Dysam. https://www.ncaa.org.ph file photo

MANILA, Philippines – Police are ruling out robbery as a motive behind Saturday’s shooting of a basketball player from Colegio de San Juan de Letran and his wife and are looking at a possible “love triangle”.

“It wasn’t robbery. The attack on him was intentional and deliberate,” Senior Superintendent Bernardo Tambaoan told INQUIRER.net in a phone interview.

“[it could be] love triangle,” he said but added that all other possible angles were also being looked into.

Franz Dysam, who plays a guard for the Letran Knights, and Joan, whom school authorities identified as Dysam’s wife, were shot by suspects “riding in tandem” at 7:45 p.m. following a game at the San Juan Arena against Lyceum, which they won.

Dysam survived but Joan was declared dead on arrival at the San Juan Medical Center where they were rushed.

The victim’s camp had requested for additional security, Tambaoan added.

Quoting witnesses, Tambaoan said five shots were heard and the same number of empty shells was recovered from the scene.

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