PENARANDA, Nueva Ecija – A couple were killed while a female teacher was hurt when four unidentified suspects peppered them with bullets in Barangay Poblacion 1 here at about 9 a.m. Saturday.
Police identified the fatalities as spouses Jerry Abesamis, 48, businessman and Alicia, 47, of the said village.
Wounded was Lea Reyes, 23, teacher and resident of Krus Na Ligas, UP, Diliman, Quezon City.
Investigation showed the victims were eating inside a kitchenette when they were fired at by the suspects “for no apparent reason”.
Reyes, police said, was hit by stray bullet and is undergoing treatment at a local hospital.
The gunmen fled on board a black sedan. Probers recovered from the crime scene eight spent shells from .45 pistol.
The identities of the attackers and motive have yet to be known.
