SunStar Bizmen alarmed over series of killings in Bacolod City
BACOLOD. The crime scene of the latest shooting incident in Bacolod City, involving a 29-year-old woman victim killed by motorcycle-riding suspects near a mall. For local businessmen, the series of killings are already alarming. (BCPO photo)
+ February 22, 2021 “IN A civilized society like ours, shooting, whether it resulted in the death of the victim or not, should always cause an alarm.”
This was stressed by Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI) Chief Executive Officer Frank Carbon as he expressed alarm over the series of killings in Bacolod City.
Carbon said these incidents should not be treated as isolated cases or downgraded as everyday events.
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+ February 05, 2021 THE Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) is still conducting a thorough investigation to identify the persons behind the killings of a senior citizen and a 23-year-old girl in Bacolod City on Wednesday morning, February 3, 2021.
Police Major Ramel Sarona, chief of Police Station 1, said Thursday they are eyeing more than two suspects in the killing of Gerome Sientos, 62, of Purok Everlasting, Barangay 29, Bacolod.
He said Sientos was standing near a sari-sari store on Malalusan Street, Barangay 32 when unidentified assailants, who were wearing bonnets, fired at him several times.
The victim sustained multiple wounds and died on the spot.
Police recovered from the scene of the crime 16 empty shells of .45 caliber and four slugs of .45 caliber.