The son of the woman killed along with her reported live-in partner on a bus in Carranglan, Nueva Ecija is a person of interest in the brazen shooting on public transport, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said Thursday.
PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said the three were involved in a conflict that reached a point where the victim filed a carnapping case against her son.
“Initial investigation showed that this is a possible motive since the conflict and the filing of the case between them happened before the incident. In fact, this is on the blotter, and the victim’s son is just out on bail,” Fajardo said during a press briefing on Thursday.
“Investigators already talked to the son, but he said he knows nothing. On the part of Nueva Ecija police, they got information from the victim’s sibling, saying that there is an alleged threat that came from the son,” the police spokesperson added.
The PNP did not disclose the identities of the individual and victims but revealed that the latter were long-term live-in and business partners.
Fajardo added that the female victim was a resident of Cauayan, Isabela, while her partner was from Cotabato. Both were shot and killed by unidentified gunmen while the bust was in transit in Carranglan on Wednesday.
Fajardo assured the public and the victims’ relatives that they are already backtracking CCTV installed in nearby areas to track the suspects.
Police are also not ruling out the possibility that the assailants are part of a gun-for-hire group based on how “professionally” they wielded their guns, she added.
