Engineer shot dead by ex-partner

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines — A female engineer was killed while her brother was wounded after her former partner, who is an Army soldier, allegedly shot them in Catarman, Northern Samar on Monday.

Karen Grace Corsino, 25, was declared dead on arrival in a hospital from a gunshot to the head.

Probers said that Corsino and her brother, Kent John, 25, were about to park their motorcycle in front of the Catarman Regional Trial Court in Barangay Dalakit when they were shot shortly before 9 a.m.

Probers said the Corsinos were supposed to attend a hearing regarding a case involving violence against women and children, which they filed against the suspect, identified as Sgt. Jerome Lluz Tejero, an active member of the Philippine Army.

A manhunt has been launched for Tejero, who is reportedly assigned at the Army’s 8th Infantry Division based in Catbalogan, Samar.

Local police set up roadblocks in the area as well as in nearby towns to prevent the suspect from leaving Catarman.