A jail officer of Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) in Danao City, northern Cebu, was killed by two unknown assailants on Friday morning.
JO2 Celso Montalba died on the spot after he shot twice in the head, twice in the chest and thrice in the right hand at 7:20 a.m.in Barangay Guinsay, Danao, about 48.3 km from here.
PO3 Roselo Campo, desk officer in Danao City Police Station, said the victim was on his way to work after bringing his child to school when he was shot by one of the two men on board a motorcycle.
The perpetrators, he added, wore bonnets.
Campo said they had yet to determine the motive in the killing although a piece of carton was found next to the victim’s body that read “BJMP na pusher wag sunda ikaw sunod (A BJMP personnel who was a pusher. Don’t follow him. You’ll be next).”
Campo said a 10.3 grams of shabu worth P121,540 was recovered from the victim’s left side pocket.