TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol- A businessman was killed in an
ambush by still unidentified assailants shortly after midnight on
Monday, July 15, along Benigno Aquino Street
in Barangay Booy, this city.
Businessman Ryan Erca Sigue was killed in Tagbilaran City on Monday, July 15. Photo by Leo Udtohan |
Police Lieutenant Rodante Cinchez, acting chief
investigator of Tagbilaran Police Station, said police responded about 12:40 a.m.
after a passerby called the station about the shooting incident.
He victim sustained gunshot wounds in the head and body.
The road was littered with shell casings and the vehicle had been shot a multitude of times.
The road was littered with shell casings and the vehicle had been shot a multitude of times.
According to Police
Master Sergeant Joemer Miculob of the Scene of The Crime Operatives (Soco)
from the
PNP Crime Laboratory Office at least 116 empty shells of M16 were
discovered at the crime scene.
Businessman Ryan Erca Sigue was killed in Tagbilaran City on Monday, July 15. Photo by Leo Udtohan |
Residents said they woke up to the sound of gunshots
thinking it was a fireworks display.
Bill (family name withheld) said he initially thought
someone was shooting fireworks outside until they heard neighbors running to
the crime scene.
Witnesses saw a white van chasing the victim’s car then fired the car several times then rammed into a concrete fence before coming to a halt after the shooting.
Witnesses saw a white van chasing the victim’s car then fired the car several times then rammed into a concrete fence before coming to a halt after the shooting.
Police are still investigating the incident.