A retired teacher was shot to death along the national highway of Barangay Haguimit, La Carlota City, in Negros Occidental Wednesday night, May 12.
The fatality was identified as Irvi Ramos, 64, of Haguimit.
The victim, along with his second cousin, was walking home from a sari-sari store when he was waylaid and shot five times by an unidentified suspect, a police report said.
Ramos was rushed to Don Salvador Benedicto Memorial District Hospital for medical treatment but was pronounced dead on arrival.
Recover from the crime scene were three fired cartridge cases of a .45 caliber pistol and a deformed fired bullet.
The police have yet to establish the motive of the killing.*