Talisay vendor killed, 2 boys shot

Amaranao vendor  was shot dead yesterday in barangay Tabunok, Talisay City, in what police suspect was a grudge killing.

In a separate incident in the public market, two teenage boys were shot in the legs by a security guard who suspected they were going to steal rice stocks.

Sonny Saumay, 36, was attending to his wares when  three men approached him from behind and shot his head before fleeing.

The victim didn’t make it alive to the Talisay District Hospital.

Police said they arrested a suspect whose background may tie the killing to an old grudge.

The victim’s wife, Saminuray Salindawan, said the family will bury her husband before sunset following  Muslim tradition.

In the old Talisay public market, two boys aged 14 and 16 suffered shotgun pellet wounds in the legs about  10 a.m. yesterday after they were caught entering a fenced-off area where sacks of rice were stored.

Luis Peligrino Jr.,  of Lancer security agency, told police that  he first approached the boys to investigate in case they were going to steal the rice.

He said   both teenagers  grabbed rocks ready to throw them at him.

The guard said this prompted him to fire his shotgun.

The old Talisay market has been fenced off since August when all vendors were transferred to a  new Talisay market near Mananga River. Police said the boys were residents of sitio Kawatan in barangay Tabunok.

The wounded minors were brought to the Talisay City  District Hospital and later transferred to Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center for further treatment.

Charges will be filed against the security guard who was detained at the Talisay police precinct./correspondent gabriel bonjoc