A SUSPECTED drug pusher was killed, while two others got injured after being shot by two men riding a motorcycle in Barangay Poblacion, Dalaguete town, southern Cebu around 2 p.m. last Friday.
Procopio Molina Salonoy, 48, died instantly after sustaining multiple gunshot wounds in the body, while Lemuel Bejarasco, 42, and Peter Asenjo, 21, suffered injuries after being hit by stray bullets.
PO1 Christopher Amadar of Dalaguete police station said the victims were playing mahjong when the two unidentified motorcycle-riding men who wore bonnets arrived and shot the victim.
Salonoy was reportedly involved in illegal drug trade in their area. He was also arrested in 2000 for illegal gambling.
Also killed by riding-in-tandem men at around 12 noon yesterday in Barangay Pulpogan, Consolacion town, northern Cebu was 41-year-old Rolando Blanco, a drug suspect who hailed from Balamban town but stayed in Barangay Casili, Consolacion.
PO1 Rechie Gilleran of Consolacion Police Station said the victim had just came from visiting his friend in the area and was waiting for a jeepney ride home when the backrider opened fire on him.
Blanco was immediately brought to the hospital in Consolacion but was pronounced dead by attending physician. PO1 Gilleran said the victim worked as a painter but they also received a report that he allegedly sidelined as a drug peddler.