ZAMBOANGA CITY — The police are eyeing love triangle as the possible motive behind the Thursday killing of a member of the Philippine Marine Corps in Basilan province.
Supt. Restituto Pangusban, Isabela City police chief, identified the victim as Corporal Jhunrey Lauriaga, resident of Barangay Binuangan in that city.
Pangusban said Lauriaga was shot dead shortly around 10 a.m. Thursday along Strong Boulevard, Barangay Port Area, Isabela City.
Pangusban said Lauriaga and his girlfriend were aboard a motorcycle and had just arrived at the motorboat terminal when shot by a lone gunman.
He said the victim and his girlfriend, who was unscathed, were on the way to a picnic at the White Beach on Malamawi Island.
He said Lauriaga was hit in the head and was declared dead on arrival at the hospital by the attending physician.
The Isabela City police received an information that the gunman casually walked away from the crime scene after the incident.
The incident took place near the Police Maritime Group in Barangay Port Area, Isabela City. (Teofilo Garcia, Jr/PNA)
