The quiet evening in the vicinity of Naga-naga junction in Barangay 71, Tacloban City, was shattered by gunshots fired at a fish vendor on the night of August 2.
Police reports stated that the victim, Roel Bacunawa, 46, of Barangay 6 Guiuan Eastern Samar, was on his way to Tanauan, Leyte to deliver crates of fishes along with his wife and a driver when two suspects on board a motorcycle stopped by their parked vehicle and opened fire at the victims.
Both the driver and his wife were reported unharmed while Bacunawa eventually succumbed to gunshot wounds to his body.
Authorities are still conducting a thorough investigation on the possible motive of the killing and the identity of the killers. JKA
