Man shot by neighbor over yard fence

A forty-five-year-old man suffered wound in the head after being shot by his neighbor during a confrontation when the victim fenced his residence in Barangay Ibabao, Cordova on Wednesday  afternoon.

Jupiter Quirabo of Sitio Bliss, Barangay Ibabao, Cordova was brought to the hospital after sustaining a gunshot wound in the head.

SPO1 Eleazar Llanes, the responding officer, said the victim was making a fence made of light materials parting his yard from that of his neighbor Joel Nemenzo.

When Nemenzo passed by the area around  5:30 p.m., he confronted the victim that resulted to a heated altercation.

Nemenzo took a handgun from his house and returned minutes later and shot the victim, grazing his head.

The suspect fled, while the victim was brought to Lapu-Lapu City Hospital for treatment.

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