Shooting incident in Catbalogan killed another

By RAY P. GASPAY
January 29, 2007 (12:57pm)

CATBALOGAN, Samar  –  Another shooting incident took place in the capital town of Catbalogan, Samar this morning at about 9:15 killing on the spot Dominador De Luna, an employee of the National Food Authority (NFA), 50 years old, married, from Brgy 10 of this municipality, and the husband of Samar’s 2nd District Board Member Dayday De Luna.

Initial police report said that the victim while riding in his red XRM Honda motorcycle was shoot to death by still unidentified two motorcycle-riding assailants in the vicinity of corners Del Rosario Street and Curry Avenue, in front of Times Department Store. The suspects immediately fled towards the direction of Sacred Heart College after the incident.

SPO1 Benedicto Añover of the Catbalogan Police station, who was near the crime scene when the incident happened, immediately responded to chase the perpetrators on foot but to no avail.

The victim sustained a single gunshot wound in the head from a caliber .45 pistol and was declared dead on arrival when brought to the Samar Provincial Hospital. Recovered from the crime scene was an empty shell of a caliber .45 pistol used in the murder.

The body of the victim now lies at the St. Peter Chapel, and police authorities are now conducting a thorough investigation on the case.