ZAMBOANGA CITY -- A government employee was killed and his wife wounded in a shooting incident late Thursday in this southern port city, a top police official said.
Police Brig. Gen. Emmanuel Luis Licup, Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9) director, identified the victims as Mohammad Ismael, 40, who was declared dead on arrival by the attending physician. His wife, Jackilyn, was wounded and still receiving treatment.
Licup said the victims are both employed with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Region 9 (DENR-9).
The shooting incident happened around 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Callejon Drive, Barangay Guiwan, police said.
Police investigation showed that the couple was aboard a motorcycle on their way home when repeatedly shot by one of two men riding in tandem on another motorcycle that tailed them.
Recovered from the crime scene were six empty shells and one deformed slug of caliber .45 pistol.
Licup said the motive and the identities of the suspects have yet to be determined by police investigators. (PNA)
