SADANGA, Mountain Province June 05 – A 4-year old member of the Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAA) died after she was allegedly gunned down by his own brother inside her residence at Demang, here, Friday.
Police authorities identified the fatality as Felomena T. Sayaan, 48 years old, single, CAA Member and a resident of Barangay Demang, Sadanga, Mountain Province while the suspect who is her own brother was named as Joseph Sayaan alias Joseph Sagsago.
Initial police investigation showed that the victim and her friends were watching television inside her residence when the suspect arrived and shot her several times through their glass door using his Armalite rifle.
The suspect immediately fled to the mountains while the victim was rushed by her friends and relatives to the Sadanga District Hospital for medical treatment where she was pronounced dead on arrival by attending physicians.
Responding police operatives and elements of the Scene of the Crime Operation (SOCO) team recovered from the crime scene five spent shells of a calibre 5.56 Armalite rifle that was used by the suspect in the perpetration of the crime.
The suspect is now the subject of a manhunt operation by responding police operatives to ascertain the motive behind the said incident.
By Dexter A. See