A husband and wife–who were involved in an online selling business–were gunned down by unidentified riding-in-tandem suspects in Mexico, Pampanga.
According to a police report, the victims, identified as Mabalacat residents Arvin Dayrit Lulu and Lerma Waje Lulu, were shot by two unidentified male assailants while traveling in front of a residence in Paroba Street, Barangay Santo Rosario at around 4:20 pm.
Reports said emergency responders from the Mexico municipal disaster risk reduction and management office transported the victims to the Mexico community hospital in Barangay San Carlos where they were declared dead on arrival.
The local police issued a flash alarm and launched dragnet operations across nearby municipalities. CCTV footage is also being reviewed for possible identification of the suspects, authorities said.
According to Alicia Dayrit Lulu, Arvin’s mother, the two met a client and were on their way home when the fatal shooting happened.
In a CCTV footage, the couple was seen riding in a black pick-up followed by a motorcycle.
Arriving in Barangay Sto. Rosario, the motorcycle stopped on the side of the road and the two men on it got off. The suspects reportedly walked to the pick-up truck where they opened fire on the two victims who were accompanied by 2 more passengers.
“We saw they’re already tailing the victims’ vehicle,” P/Lt. Col. Pearl Joy Gollayan, Mexico MPS chief, said.
Two passengers aboard the couple’s vehicle, their 6-year-old son and a cousin of Lerma, were not hurt, police said.
Authorities said a possible motive for the killing was related to business. “We are not dealing with a single motive, we are still looking at what the concrete motive is,” Gollaya added.
Police are also investigating the client that the couple met earlier. The families of the victims are calling for the suspects to surrender.
The police said they have persons of interest and are still pursuing the suspects.
Mabalacat City Mayor Crisostomo Garbo said he will give a P100,000 reward to individuals who can provide information about those involved in the killing.
In a statement, Garbo said that although the shooting happened in Mexico, Pampanga, the victims were both residents of their city.
