CEBU CITY–Another alleged gunman in the killing of the estranged wife of suspected drug lord Kerwin Espinosa was shot dead by two unknown assailants in in Barangay Duljo-Fatima, Cebu City past 3 p.m. on Tuesday.
Richard Jungoy, of Barangay Guadalupe here, was buying cigarettes from a convenient store when two men on board a motorcycle approached him.
The backrider then pulled out a gun and shot Jungoy several times, killing him on the spot.
PO3 Cristobal Geronimo of the Cebu City Police Office’s homicide division said Jungoy was identified by a witness as a the same person who shot Annalou Llaguno last Sept. 30.
“The witness already identified him although we were still investigating the incident,” he said in a phone interview.
Police investigators were still verifying the correct family name of Jungoy, an alleged member of the group of slain drug lord Jeffrey “Jaguar” Diaz.
Geronimo said the victim has a pending arrest warrants for frustrated homicide and murder.
On Monday evening, two still unknown assailants gunned down Michael Lendio, who was celebrating his 41st birthday, along J.M. Basa Street in Barangay San Nicolas, Cebu City.
Lendio was also identified by the same witness as the person who finished off Llaguno.
Llaguno was married to Espinosa whom she met inside the city jail in Cebu City in 1997 when the suspected drug lord was still a neophyte drug peddler.
The couple, however, separated in 2003 due to jealousy and Espinosa’s philandering.
Llaguno later had a relationship with Diaz who was said to be the biggest drug lord in Central Visayas.
Diaz was killed in an alleged shootout with police operatives in Las Piñas City on June 17.
Last Sept. 30, unidentified assailant shot dead Llaguno while riding a scooter driven by her boyfriend when she was shot in Barangay Duljo-Fatima, Cebu City.
John Joseph Romarate, who was unharmed, brought her to the hospital but she didn’t make it.
Police investigators did not discount the possibility that the killing may be related to illegal drugs amid reports that Llaguno tipped off the police on the presence of Diaz and fled with a bag full of money after Diaz was killed by the police.