The Dumaguete City police have not yet identified the suspects in the fatal shooting of two suspected alleged drug personalities in the city Friday, Chief Insp. Eddie Oira said yesterday.

He had earlier identified the fatalities as Rolando Sanchez, 30, and Kent Palen, “alias Jack Pajunar”, of Purok Santan, Barangay Taclobo, Dumaguete. The two were on board a motorcycle in the Pulantubig-Motong area of the city at about 2:15 a.m. Friday, when two suspects on another motorcycle fired at them, and fled.

Sanchez and Palen died on the spot, while their companion, Marga Tolin, 20, who is believed to be the girlfriend of Palen, is now recuperating at the Negros Oriental Provincial Hospital from a gunshot wound in her jaw, Oira, the officer-in-charge of the Dumaguete PNP, added.

He confirmed that Palen has an alias warrant of arrest issued by Municipal Trial Court in Cities Branch 2 Judge Roderick Maxino more than 10 years ago, for violation of Republic Act 6425, or the anti-drugs law, as amended.

Palen also had an arrest warrant for a charge of direct assault on an agent or person in authority with no bail recommended, Oira said.

Sanchez, meanwhile, had been under surveillance by the Bacong police for involvement in illegal drugs, he added.*JG

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