A police investigator was gunned down near a fast-food restaurant along Emilio Vergara Highway in Barangay Sta. Arcadia here at around 9 p.m. on Sunday, All Souls’ Day.
The victim was identified as Police Corporal Joseph Toribio, a member of the Cabanatuan City Police Station’s Drug Enforcement Unit and a resident of Santa Rosa, Nueva Ecija.
Police said the assailant remains unidentified.
Police mobile patrollers immediately responded to the scene and found the bloodied and lifeless body of the victim lying face down, the report said Investigators are reviewing CCTV footage from nearby establishments and gathering statements from possible witnesses to identify the gunman, police added