TACLOBAN CITY – A police officer on AWOL (absence without official leave) was shot dead on Sunday, August 3, in Sitio Gungab, Barangay Poblacion, Albuera, Leyte.
The victim was identified as Dexter Patun-og, 47, who had been AWOL since 2007 and a resident of Bliss Bagong Buhay, Ormoc City, Leyte.
The victim was watching a cockfight when an unidentified gunman appeared and fired at him, killing him on the spot.
People at the Antonio B. Zaldivar Cockpit and Sports Center scampered for safety.
The Albuera Municipal Police Station launched a pursuit operation to identify and apprehend the suspect.
It was the second violent incident here in two days.
On Saturday, a barangay chairman and his driver were wounded in an ambush, which was condemned by Mayor Kerwin Espinosa. (Marie Tonette Marticio)
