CEBU, Philippines - A suspected member of a robbery group was found dead floating in the seawater off Barangay Tayud, Consolacion town past 4 a.m. yesterday.
Police Officer 1 Retchie Guilleran, desk officer of Consolacion Police Station, identified the victim as Jayward Salarsa, 19, who has a standing warrant of arrest for robbery.
Salarsa’s robbery group reportedly operates in Mandaue City and Consolacion town.
Guilleran said the police station received a shooting incident alarm at the house of the victim past 2 a.m. on Wednesday, so a team was sent to verify the information.
When the police arrived at the house, they did not find anything except for an empty shell and a deformed slug of a .45 caliber ammunition and a live ammunition of a .38 cal. revolver.
During investigation, neighbors told police that they heard gunshots but nobody saw anyone or noticed anything. The police were notified around 4 a.m. yesterday that a dead body was seen floating in the sea located some 20 meters away from the victim’s house.
When the police went to the area, they found the dead body of Salarsa, who sustained multiple gunshot wounds.
Investigators believed that the victim was killed in his house and his body was then thrown into the sea.
Guilleran said that the victim’s sister Jansen admitted that Salarsa was a member of a robbery group and is facing a criminal case in court. (FREEMAN)