Friends of the slain businessman demand justice and slam impunity in Bacolod City.
BACOLOD, Philippines – Police are looking at two persons of interest in the killing on Wednesday, November 2, of a businessman in this city, Major Joery Puerto, chief of Police Station 8, told Rappler on Friday, November 4.
“Jerry was a businessman and a father who did everything he could to raise his children singlehandedly after his wife passed away more than a decade ago. He will always be remembered as a good friend, an artist, and a great dad to his children,” the statement described the chef and owner of Lei & Jerry Pancit Palabok.
A young woman, speaking for a group, thanked him for giving them work, acting “like a second father” who patiently accepted them back whenever they strayed. Puerto said the victim was tailed by the two suspects on board a motorcycle, who caught up with him along the Araneta highway in Barangay Tangub around 1:30 pm, and then shot him several times.
The suspects fled after the incident. Puerto said cops were following up two persons of interest based on the suspects’ profiles captured on CCTV footage.Puerto said the victim’s name popped up after the October 27 arrest of a “high-value” female suspect, who claimed her drugs came from the businessman. Yet cops had not invited the businessman for questioning.
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