Police Files

Man shot dead

Police said the body of a  man with gunshot wounds was dumped near his home in barangay Tisa, Cebu City,  about 5 a.m. yesterday.

Larry Morilla of sitio Angay-Angay  was  found dead a few meters from his house in sitio Mohon 2.

His neighbor PO2 Omar Cordova  said he was awakened by a burst of gunfire.

He went outside to check and found  Morilla, 30,  in the bushes of his backyard.

The man may have been killed somewhere else because there were no shells in the area or signs of blood or struggle.

Morilla was the subject of several theft complaints in his neighborhood, said  homicide investigator PO3 Geoffrey Gutual.

He said a personal grudge could be the motive of the killing but not theft. The victim’s cell phone and keys were intact.

The  victim’s  cadaver was brought to St. Francis Funeral Homes for autopsy.correspondent chito aragon

Lapu shooting

A 31-year year-old man was shot dead  in barangay Ibo, Lapu-Lapu City, yesterday.

Police discovered drug paraphernalia near the body of Harold Pasiculan.

He was  drinking with a neighbor, Ramon Cinadjan, when four men on a motorcycle arrived past 1 a.m.

Pasiculan introduced the men as his neighbors when he used to live in Maribago.

The men invited Pasiculan and Cinadjan to go with them to Mactan  but Cinadjan declined as he was already dizzy.

Pasiculan hired a habal-habal driver  to bring him to Mactan.

The driver  told police later that he left the men after dropping the victim in Mactan, around 3 a.m.

Security guard Charlie Mendiola said he heard gunfire coming from the road near his post in the Mactan Export Processing Zone before  4 a.m.

That was about the time the  victim’s body was found.

A man who introduced himself as a member of police auxiliary group alerted  police that a bloodied man was lying on the ground in barangay Ibo.

Pasiculan’s relatives confirmed the identity of the body. /CORRESPONDENT NORMAN V. MENDOZA

Arrow hits man

A trisikad driver was wounded by an arrow when bystanders accidentally hit him Tuesday in barangay Gabi, Cordova town.

Roberto Dinoy was rushed to the Lapu-Lapu City Hospital.

Police said  Lito Wahing, 21, and and Edmar Olitres, 19, were aiming their bow and arrow at another  trisikad driver who refused to give them money when they instead mistakenly hit the victim.

The suspects are now detained at the Cordova police precinct pending the filing of charges against them./CORRESPONDENT NORMAN V. MENDOZA