Mentor, son die of gunshot wounds

BACNOTAN, La Union – A 24-year-old professor and his one-year-old son died of gunshot wounds on different parts of their bodies when they were shot by unidentified suspects riding in tandem on a motorcycle in Barangay Casiaman here yesterday morning.   

La Union police deputy director Superintendent Pedro Obaldo identified the casualties as Allan dela Cruz, 24, an instructor at the St. Louis College in San Fernando City, and his one-year-old son Timothy Jarius. 

Obaldo told The STAR that the incident happened at around 9 a.m. while Dela Cruz was playing with his son in front of their house.

“The gunman suddenly appeared and shot them immediately with a 9mm pistol after which he escaped toward a waiting motorcycle driven by a companion. We are still looking into the motive of the incident,” Obaldo said who personally supervised the investigation.

Obaldo said the father was the main target who suffered four gunshot wounds, one in his head and three in the chest, while the child was hit by stray bullets in his ear and head.      – Jun Elias