Pagadian City – A 75-years old caretaker of Ballesteros farmland, married located at Purok Bagong Silang, Balangasan District and a resident of the same place was shot by an unidentified assailant but survived in the hospital on September 20, 2007 at 11:45 am. Police reports said that the victim identified as Bernaldo Saberon Hisola was shot while at the ‘landahan’ or coconut dryer near the back of his house.
Two unidentified male persons alighted from a black Yamaha DT motorcycle and one of the two suspect wearing black scarp approached the victim and with out provocation shot him several times.
After the incident the suspect fled on board the same motorcycle as their getaway vehicle while the victim who sustained multiple gunshot wounds was brought immediately to the nearest Jamellarin Community Hospital for medical treatment and was confined in serious condition.
Police who responded in the crime scene recovered some empty shells of caliber .45 pistol believed used in shooting the victim, while the motive of the incident was not yet known. The case is still under follow-up and investigation.