Pagadian City police probe school official’s gun slay

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PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Oct. 26 (PNA) -- The local police has ordered a thorough investigation to track down and arrest the gunmen behind the killing of a school official here Tuesday afternoon.

Police chief, Supt. Michael Palermo, issued the order after he received the report that 64-year-old Elmey Yukoya, was killed while his nine-year-old grandson, Yoriko Montejo, was injured when gunmen on a motorcycle repeatedly shot at them at about 5:20 p.m. Tuesday along Rizal Ave. in Barangay Balangasan here.

Yukoya, who is of Japanese ancestry, is the dean of Graduate School and one of the stockholders of the Southern Mindanao Colleges (SMC).

Yukoya’s wife Santa, 64, and 11-year-old granddaughter, Tisha, were left unscathed in the incident.

Initial investigations showed the victims were in a sports utility vehicle driven by Yukoya when one of the two gunmen repeatedly shot at them.

Yukoya did not make it to the hospital while Montejo is in critical condition.

Palermo ordered investigators to look into all possible motives that could lead to the solution of the case.

(PNA)
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