Three people were killed while a man was wounded in separate shooting incidents in Caloocan City on Tuesday.
On Macabelo Street in Barangay 37, Rose Marie Casiquin, 41, and her live-in partner, Anabel Mercado, were killed by a man who shot them in the head before fleeing on foot.
Casiquin died on the spot while Mercado passed away several hours later at Dr. Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center in Manila.
The victims’ neighbors told the Inquirer that the two were suspected of being involved in drug trafficking in the area.
Case investigator PO1 Deojoe Dador said they have yet to determine if the two were on any barangay watchlist.
Recovered from the scene were Casiquin’s phone and two casings, he added.
In Barangay 176, Bagong Silang, 19-year-old tricycle driver Agapito Tubal died after two men wearing bonnets shot him.
Tubal’s younger brother, Ama, was hit three times and taken to the hospital.
The shooting happened as the brothers were buying gasoline for their tricycle at 9:30 p.m. in Phase 1 Package 1.
Tubal had been receiving death threats since last year over his suspected involvement in a murder case, said Senior Insp. Dennis Odtuhan, Caloocan police investigation unit chief. —Krixia Subingsubing