Cebu City shooting: Woman riding a motor taxi killed in broad daylight
Enforcers from the Cebu Business Park and members of the Special Weapons and Tactical Group (SWAT), who were passing by, respond to a shooting alarm in the area on April 14, 2025 that killed a young woman. | Contributed Photo
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police continue to pursue the ‘robber’ tagged in the killing a young woman in one of the busiest business districts here on Monday, April 14.
Police in Mabolo in Cebu City suspected robbery as the motive behind the fatal shooting of a female motorcycle-taxi passenger in Cebu Business Park in Brgy. Luz around 10 a.m.
The victim, identified as a certain Princess, was shot on her head. She was rushed to a nearby hospital but physicians declared her dead on arrival.
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Initial investigations also showed that victim’s valuables were not stolen.
Witnesses claimed that the crime happened shortly after Princess, who stayed in a boarding house in Brgy. Luz, hailed a habal-habal, the local name for motorcycle taxi.
Meanwhile, investigators continue to do backtracking of nearby surveillance cameras to determine the identity of the suspects.
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