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DIGOS CITY, Philippines — A musician was killed after he was shot by one of two men riding in tandem along Sacred Heart Avenue here early morning Tuesday.
Senior Inspector Renfredo Dacalos, Digos City deputy police chief, said Michael Semilla I, 40, a resident of Barangay Ceboley, Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur, was on his way to an internet café at about 1 a.m. when shot dead.
Semilla, the drummer for a local band, died from a single shot to the head, Dacalos said.
He said the killer might have tailed Semilla after his gig at a local bar.
“The suspect could have patterned his routine during and after his band performances,” Dacalos said.
Dacalos said investigators were looking into love triangle as the possible motive for the killing since Semilla had no known police record.
He said police investigators got information the victim was recently engaged in a verbal tussle with a still unidentified man over a woman.
“As of now nobody is talking, but in due time we hope to solve this case,” Dacalos said.