Man shot dead in Toledo City

CEBU - A 29-year-old man was killed after he was shot several times by an unidentified assailant while sleeping inside his house at around 3 a.m. yesterday in sitio Camansilis, barangay Talavera, Toledo City.

Jose Canoy Murao died on the spot after he was hit in the head and in the stomach.

Police are still conducting operation to apprehend the assailant who reportedly broke into Murao’s house and fled after shooting the victim dead.

PO1 Florante Cayson of the Toledo City Police Station said the victim was sound asleep beside his live-in partner, Wenda Sumaclang, and their three-year-old son when the incident happened.

Some neighbors confirmed hearing three successive gun bursts. Sumaclang, for her part, said that she was startled by the gunshots and at the sight of her common-law husband profusely bleeding.

She immediately asked assistance from their neighbors.

Responding policemen believe that the attacker is harboring a personal grudge against the victim. – Niña Chrismae G. Sumacot/MEEV (THE FREEMAN)