LANGIDEN, Abra – A 29-year old tricycle driver died after he was repeatedly shot by still unidentified assailants while he was having a drinking session with some friends at Barangay Dalayap, here, Friday.
Police authorities identified the fatality as Benjie Domingo, 29, single, tricycle driver, and a resident of Barangay Dalayap, Langiden, Abra.
Initial police investigation showed that the victim, together with some close friends, were having a drinking session when his nieces convinced him to go home with them.
While they were doing so, successive shots emanating from a still direction rang that hit him on the different parts of his body causing him to be sprawled bloodied on the ground.
The victim was rushed to the Abra Provincial Hospital for medical treatment but he was declared dead on arrival by attending physicians due to multiple gunshot wounds on the different parts of his body.
By Dexter A. See