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A man who beat up a motorcycle-for-hire driver was shot twice in the head by the passenger of the man he beat up last Sunday evening in sitio Pit-os Proper, barangay Pit-os.

Police identified the victim as Alex Morales, 22, a resident of barangay Panuypoy, Consolacion town, who was allegedly with a companion identified as Butch Balaba when they beat up Richard Castillo, 22, a resident of the said place.          Homicide investigators SPO2 Rey Cuyos and PO3 Geoffrey Gutual said Castillo and the alleged assailant, Carlo Moises Leyson, 20, of barangay Cabancalan, Consolacion town, arrived on board a black Kawasaki Aura motorcycle without a plate number and parked it by the roadside.

As Castillo and Leyson alighted, the victim and Balaba allegedly attacked Castillo.  Castillo's sister and aunt saw the commotion and pulled him away from the two.

Castillo told the police that while he was being taken to safety he heard gunshots and turned to see Leyson running away holding a handgun.

He later learned that Morales was shot twice in the head and is now in critical condition at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center.

PO1s Ronald Kintanar and Ruben Missiona were on patrol in the area and quickly rushed to the scene when they heard the shots, but the assailant was able to escape. - Edwin Ian Melecio/BRP