MARIVELES, Bataan — The simple dream of a teenaged boy to finish a course on welding could no longer materialize after men riding in tandem pumped bullets into different parts of his body night of August 23 in Barangay Maligaya here.
Eddie Galoran, 53, said his youngest son, Siroz, 17, died from seven gunshot wounds from still unknown caliber. “Buong buhay ko, hindi ko na pala makikita anak ko. Sana mabigyan ng katarungan ang kanyang pagkawala.”
“Hindi matanggap ng maybahay ko ang nangyari na pabirong pinangakuan ng anak ko na kapag makatapos siya bilang welder ay igagawa niya ng bahay na purong bakal para raw tipid sa semento,” the father said.
Siroz was the younger of two children, one female, of the Galoran family of Barangay Maligaya.
A cousin of Siroz said he, his father, and the victim were inside their nipa hut by the roadside of Maligaya when he noticed that men on board a motorcycle were looking at their direction.
“Maya-maya bumalik ang motor, tapos bumalik dito bumaba na lang agad tapos tinanong sino si Siroz. Nang ituro namin si Siroz, tapos bigla na lang pinaputukan. Pagkaturo namin na siya bigla na lang binaril, dirediretso kasi ‘yong putok, tapos bigla ng umalis,” the cousin said.
The cousin said Siroz had no enemies. “Estudyante, mag-aaral na nga eh Grade 12.”
“Magkakasama kaming tatlo nang may biglang pumasok na lalaki na may hawak na nakabalot at nagtanong kung nasaan si Siroz. Ayan, sabi ko tapos biglang pinaputukan sabay alis. Naka-helmet tapos nakatakip yong bibig. Isa lang bumaba pero dalawa sila. Nakita ko andun pala sa motorsiklo ang isa. Tapos sumibat na sila,” the 42-year-old uncle of the victim narrated.
Asked if his nephew had told him of any one threatening him, the uncle said “wala, walang kagalit. Sarap-sarap nga ng kuwentuhan nila ng anak kong babae tungkol sa kanilang pag-aaral.”
He repeated his observation that the gun used in killing his nephew was wrapped in cloth and longer than an ordinary handgun.
Barangay Maligaya chairman Danilo Musni condoled with the family of the victim. “Nakakalungkot ang nangyari syempre batang-bata pa iyon may nangyari nang hindi maganda sa kanya.”
“Nananawagan kami na mabigyan ng hustisya ang pagkamatay ng aming kabarangay at matulungan po sana ang pamilya na matunton kung sinuman ang gumawa ng pagpatay sa bata. Sa barangay siguro pag-uusapan namin ng aming council kung ano ang pwedeng itulong sa kanila pero kay Mayor AJ Concepcion ay pwede namin sila ilapit para mabigyan din ng tulong ang pamilyang namatayan,” the punong barangay said.
Mariveles police said investigation and manhunt for the suspects were still going on.
