August 26, 2008
Manila Bulletin
DPWH employee slain in Cabanatuan
By Magtanggol C. Vilar
CABANATUAN CITY – As employee of Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) here was gunned down the other day by an unidentified man near a gasoline station in Barangay D.S. Garcia, this city.
Senior Inspector Danilo Eduardo, chief investigator of the Cabanatuan police, identified the victim as Edwin Wycoco, 47, resident of Villa Cecilla (Phase 2), this city.
The victim was a son of retired Assistant City Prosecutor Pacifico Wycoco, now chief of the City Legal Office, and twin brother of Barangay Chairman Edward Wycoco of Sta Arcadia here.
The police said the victim was walking towards his red Zuzuki multi-cab parked near the Fuel Zone gas station adjacent to city’s multi-purpose parking terminal when the gunman fired several shots at him at close range.
The police found six shells of caliber .45 bullets at the crime scene.
Meanwhile, former Nampicuan (Nuevo Ecija) Vice Mayor Luisito Verayo y Sanchez was nabbed yesterday by policemen at a checkpoint in Bliss, Barangay Cabaducan East, Nampicuan town for possession of a caliber .45 pistol (SN482058) with 10 rounds of ammunition. He was unable to present any document for the Strayer Voight Inc.-made firearm.
He was charged with illegal possession of firearm and ammunition.
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