Jeepney driver shot dead

Investigators are still looking into the motive on the killing of a Public Utility Jeepney (PUJ) driver at Tiano corner Echem streets, Cagayan de Oro City, Tuesday night, February 12.

Police identified the victim as 28 years old Cynth Allan Joseph Sullado, resident of Purok 2C, Gusa, this city.

Initial investigation disclosed that the victim was driving his RD-Gusa liner jeepney when the unidentified gunman got

off and suddenly shot the victim.

The suspect reportedly boarded the jeepney from barangay Lapasan and seated at the front seat beside the victim’s wife.

The victim succumbed to four gunshot wounds to the head. He was rushed to the nearby Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC) but was declared dead on arrival.

Investigators recovered an empty cartridge of a caliber 45 pistol from the victim’s jeepney.

The barangay security personnel said they did not know it was the suspect who reported to them that a shooting incident happened, which prompted them to respond to the crime scene.

Police said witnesses saw and described the suspect as medium built and on his 30’s; He wears a sling bag, gray jacket and white short pants and fled towards the Capistrano-Abellanosa road.

Authorities are still looking for leads and angles of the incident to determine the possible motives of the killing while a hot pursuit operation is being launched to catch the perpetrator.