DAGUPAN CITY—A retired soldier was killed while his wife was wounded in an attack on Thursday afternoon as they made their way home on a motorcycle in Pangasinan’s Bayambang town.
Jose Douglas Estrada, 50, a retired Philippine Marines soldier, and his 50-year-old wife Leonida were motoring toward Barangay (village) Dusoc when gunmen aboard a 4-wheeled vehicle overtook them and shot them at 5:45 p.m.
Estrada died of multiple gunshot wounds. Leonida was shot in the left arm and was immediately discharged from a hospital.
Investigators found three fired cartridge cases from cal. 5.56 rifle and two fired cartridge cases and one slug from cal. 45 pistol. RAM/rga
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