SunStar
+ 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.