QCPD: Same man shot salon manager, cabbie

MANILA, Philippines - The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) confirmed yesterday that the same man shot dead a hair salon manager and a taxi driver in Greater Lagro, Quezon City on Wednesday.

QCPD spokesperson Senior Inspector Maricar Taqueban told The STAR that while the assailant remains unidentified, “what is certain” is that the man who shot Salon de Luxe manager Jake Gasper, 31, is the man who also killed John Matthew taxi driver Norberto Espiritu, 50.

According to investigators, an unidentified man shot Gasper in the salon shortly before lunch. The victim died on the way to the Neopolitan Hospital.

Witnesses said Gasper’s killer boarded a bus and pointed a gun at the bus driver. The assailant later tried to board the taxi driven by Espiritu, who refused to ferry him.

The assailant shot Espiritu, who died while being treated at the San Lorenzo Hospital. The gunman escaped by boarding another bus, witnesses said.