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BY SHIELA GELERA
A retired bank officer was shot dead by a gunman on a motorcycle near the East View Hotel at the Circumferential Road in Barangay Villamonte, Bacolod City, at about 1 a.m. Saturday.
The fatality was identified as Francisco Loarca, 61.
He sustained gunshot wounds on his neck and left arm, Senior Insp. Benedicto Villarias, said yesterday. 
Family shocked,
not aware of enemies
BY CARLA GOMEZ
The family of retired banker Francisco Loarca, 61, said his killing Saturday came as a shock to them because he was a friendly man, who did not antagonize people.
His brother, Cugie Loarca, and brother-in-law, Roberto Montelibano, chairman of the Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said they do not know of anyone who would have a motive to kill him.
Francisco was in his Toyota RAV 4 near East View Hotel at the Circumferential Road in Bacolod City when he was shot and killed at about 1 a.m. Saturday.
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