Victim count has reached 141: Vigilantes slay two drug users

A notorious thief and a drug user were the latest victims to fall to vigilantes Wednesday night in different places here in Cebu city.

The first victim was identified as Christopher Salazar, 21 years old, jobless, and a resident of Pier 4 at the North Reclamation Area this city .

The Homicide police said, the victim was playing billiards along the road near the gate to the Superferry terminal when the two people riding a yellow motorcycle came and the backrider shot him several times.

The two reportedly wore crash helmets and had their faces covered.

The victim was hit on the back of his head, nape, and back resulting to his instantaneous death.

The gunman casually got back to the motorcycle then the two men sped off.

The body of the victim was brought to the San Fernando Funeral Homes for post mortem examination.

PO3 Henry Estoy of the Homicide section said that the victim was known to be a rugby user and is said to be responsible for some snatching cases in the area even if he had an amputated right arm.

At the crime scene, police were able to recover two emptyshells of cal .45 ammunition, which are now in the possession of the Scene of the Crime Operation -7 personnel.

Meanwhile, 15 minutes after the incident at the pier area, at about 8:45 pm, another drug usher was gunned down also by two unidentified suspects, who were onboard a blue motorbike.

The faces of the assailants were also covered.

David Migallos, 42 years old, married, and a resident of Sitio Lahing-lahing Riverside in barangay Mabolo was playing "tong-its" on a makeshift bamboo bench along the road when he was shot.

Just like the other cases of vigilante killings, the backrider alighted from the bike, approached the victim, shot him at close range, and fled.

The neighbors of the victim said that he was a know drug user.

Five emppty shells from a cal .45 pistol and three slugs from an undetermined firearm are now with the SOCO personnel .

Both victims are now the 140th and 141th victims of the Vigilante attacks here in the city, which started on December 24, 2004.