CAMP RUPERTO KANGLEON, PALO, Leyte- At about 10:50 pm of April 7, 2019, personnel of Javier Municipal Police Station (MPS) received a report from a concerned citizen that a shooting incident transpired at Barangay Binulho, Javier, Leyte.
Immediately, elements of Javier MPS led by PSMS Roan Ramos responded to the area and discovered the dead body of the victim, identified as Norlito Naraja,50, with a live-in partner, jobless and a resident of the said village, lying on his back with a note “Huwag Tularan, Tulak Yan! Ikaw Ang Susunod!” with one piece white transparent plastic sachet containing of white crystalline substance attached to the paper.
An interview conducted to one Jay-Ar Tormento said that he and the victim were having a drinking spree prior to the incident.
According to him, the victim went outside to urinate and later heard four gunshots and when he came out to check, he saw the victim lying on ground with a gunshot wounds on his body.
Inquiry to other witnesses disclosed that they saw a single motorcycle, with red and white color combination, being driven by unidentified person wearing a mask who hurriedly left the scene heading towards the direction of Poblacion, Javier, Leyte.
Elements of Javier MPS requested members of the Scene of the Crime Operatives for crime scene processing and immediately coordinated with adjacent MPS to conduct dragnet operation for the possible arrest of the suspect. (PR)