A member of the Philippine Air Force was shot dead by unidentified men Tuesday afternoon in barangay Pusok, Lapu-Lapu City.
Sgt. Joel Cuevas, 38, of Lower Matumbo, barangay Pusok died on the spot. He was shot five times with a .45 caliber pistol.
Police said Cuevas had just brought his wife and daughter to Muelle Osmeña wharf where they took a ferry boat to Cebu City en route to Bohol for the Christmas break.
When Cuevas arrived home and was about to get off his motorcycle, a man wearing a jacket shot him. The gunman ran to a waiting motorcycle and sped off.
Sgt. Cuevas was an aircraft maintenance specialist in the 220th Air Base Wing at Mactan Benito Ebuen Air Base.
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