2 MEN SLAIN IN PAMPANGA GUN ATTACKS

BY KEVIN GALANG

SEPARATE gun attacks on Friday left two men dead in Pampanga.

A report submitted by Pampanga police director Col. Eugene M. Marcelo to Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) director Brig. Gen. Ponce Rogelio Peñones  Jr. showed the killing occurred in Mabalacat City and the City of San Fernando.

In Mabalacat City, a 39-year-old man identified as Relan Rosales, a resident of Northville 16 in Bgy. Atlu-bola, Mabalacat City, was walking with his common-law wife when shot by an unidentified suspect. 

Rosales died on the spot.

Responding police officers immediately secured the area and requested assistance from the SOCO team of the Angeles City Forensic Unit to process the crime scene. 

A follow-up investigation is ongoing to determine the motive and identity of the gunman.

On the same night, victim Leemor Gyle Lopez, 35, of Bgy. Malpitic, City of San Fernando, was killed in another shooting incident in Northville Calulut, City of San Fernando, Pampanga.

Two unidentified suspects on a black motorcycle  approached and shot the victim at close range, hitting him in the head and killing him instantly. 

The San Fernando police investigators have initiated a CCTV review, issued a flash alarm, and are conducting drug net operations to identify and locate the suspects.

Peñones said investigations into both incidents will continue. He said the PRO3 is committed to pursuing all leads to ensure the perpetrators are brought to justice.