Gunman kills target, then leaves written insult on body

MANILA, Philippines — Not content with shooting his target, a gunman literally hurled insults at the victim, a 30-year-old fish vendor, in a market in Quezon City Saturday afternoon.

After shooting Rosenda Calanno, a resident of Maligaya Compound, Riverside Street, in Barangay (village) Commonwealth, four times in the head and neck, the shooter threw a crumpled piece of paper at the body before he escaped on a motorcycle driven by a cohort.

Written on the paper was a message which said the victim deserved her fate because she was a two-timer and an addict.

PO2 Jogene Hernandez of the Quezon City Police District’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit said the shooting happened at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday in front of Calanno’s stall at the Riverside Market in Barangay Commonwealth.

Hernandez said that Calanno was taking a break when a man approached her and shot her at close range. After she fell down, the gunman threw something at her and fled.

Scene of the Crime Operatives later recovered three casings from a .45-cal.  pistol near the victim. The motive for the killing has yet to be determined.