Two men were killed and their female companion wounded in a shooting incident at the Pulantubig-Motong highway in Dumaguete City yesterday.

City police officer-in-charge Eddie Oira identified the fatalities as Rodolfo Sanchez, 30, and Kent Palen, “alias Jack Pajunar”, residents of Purok Santan, Barangay Taclobo, Dumaguete.

Sanchez and Palen died on the spot while their companion, Margaret Tolin, 20, of Agan-an, Sibulan town, is now confined at the Negros Oriental Provincial Hospital, with a gunshot wound in her jaw, Oira added.

Investigation showed that at around 2:15 a.m. yesterday, the victims were on a motorcycle in the Pulantubig-Motong area, when the two suspects on board another motorcycle fired at them, and fled.

The police recovered eight spent shells and five empty shells of .45 caliber and 9-millimeter pistol at the crime scene, Oira said.

The police are still determining the motive for the shooting, and the identifies of the shooters.

Oira said Palen had a pending arrest warrant for an illegal drugs case, which the police are now tracing, and Sanchez was said to be a notorious illegal drugs personality in Bacong town.*JFP

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