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FUGITIVE KILLED IN SHOOTOUT

After three years of being on the run, a fugitive was killed in a shootout with police in barangay Jaclupan, Talisay City, southern Cebu.

Rolando Abella Barliso allegedly fired at officers from the City Intelligence Branch (CIB) of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) who tried to arrest him Monday night.

Senior Insp. Al Pascual, deputy chief of the Talisay City Police Station, said Barliso bolted the Minglanilla Police Station jail where he was detained for a rape complaint in 2010.

CIB operatives led by PO3 David Naraja, went to the man’s house to serve an arrest warrant issued by Cebu City Regional Trial Court Judge Wilfredo Fiel Navarro.

Pascual said Barliso resisted arrest that triggered the shootout. Barliso was hit in the head, chest and legs.

Barliso was taken to the Talisay City District Hospital but the attending physician declared him dead.

A loaded .45 caliber pistol was recovered from Barliso’s possession, police said.  /CORRESPONDENTS GABRIEL C. BONJOC AND CHITO O. ARAGON

FARMER GUNNED DOWN

A 50-YEAR-OLD farmer was shot dead by a still-unidentified gunman outside his house in barangay Sudlon Uno, Cebu City Monday noon.

Loncio Nadera was hit in the head, said SPO1 Victor Ruel Ayuman, homicide investigator of the Cebu City Police Office.

Lita Ebena, the victim’s live-in partner, told the police that they were peeling corn when they heard gunfire.

Ebena said she heard the voice of a man demanding Nadera to get out of the house.

Ebena said that while she hid at the back of their house, Nadera went out of the house with his hands raised.

Ebena said she later found the bloodied Nadera slumped on the ground. The assailant was no longer around.

A spent 9mm shell was recovered from the crime scene.  /CORRESPONDENT CHITO O. ARAGON