Gunmen kill female call center agent outside Liloan resort

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A female call center agent was shot dead outside a beach resort in Liloan town in northern Cebu on Thursday evening, December 3. 

Liloan Police Station identified the victim as Kaysyh Billones Dumagat, 21, who resides in Barangay Pajac, Lapu-Lapu City. 

Police Master Sergeant Arni Goc-ong, investigator assigned on the case, said Dumagat, who is a native of Dumaguete City in Negros Oriental, was with a group of friends inside a beach resort in Barangay Tayud on Thursday. 

Citing initial findings from their team, Goc-ong said the victim went outside of the resort to receive a phone call. 

“Shortly after, witnesses said, they saw two men approach Dumagat and shot her twice. The gunmen fled the scene on board a motorcycle,” said Goc-ong in Cebuano. 

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Police are still determining the motive behind Dumagat’s killing which happened barely 24 hours after a shooting incident involving motorcycle-riding gunmen, who killed a 27-year-old man in Danao City last Wednesday, December 2.

Liloan is a first-class municipality located approximately 18 kilometers north of Cebu City. /dbs

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