Nursing coed gunned down in Lipa City

Batangas, Philippines - – A 33-year-old female nursing student was killed by a lone gunman aboard a passenger jeepney in Lipa City here yesterday morning, authorities said.

Superintendent Jacinto Malinao, Lipa police chief, said the victim, Pamela Alcantara Tablizo, a nursing student at Lipa City Colleges, was on her way to school on a passenger jeepney when the gunman approached the vehicle and shot her at close range at 8:15 a.m. yesterday. 

Tablizo, who was seated at the front seat of the jeepney, sustained two gunshot wounds in the head that killed her on the spot, although she was still rushed to the Mary Mediatrix Hospital.

Tablizo had two children in Cainta, Rizal while her husband is working in New York. She was renting an apartment at Baseview Homes in Barangay Banay-Banay, Lipa City while finishing her nursing degree.

“We already gathered some leads from the text messages extracted from her cell phone; hopefully, these would help in identifying her assailant,” said Malinao.                 – With Ed Amoroso