CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A medical doctor was shot dead by motorcycle-riding gunmen in broad daylight in Barangay Nazareth, this city, Thursday morning, Dec. 2 while on his way to the hospital from his residence in Barangay Macasandig.
Police identified the victim as Dr. Raul Winston Andutan, a urologist was a medical director at Maria Reyna Xavier University Hospital (MRXUH) based in Barangay Camanan-an, this city.
Lt. Mirasol Capiña, Nazareth police deputy station commander, said Anduyan was driving his car and upon reaching the intersection of 12th and 29th Streets in Nazareth the suspects pummeled the window with bullets hitting the doctor on his neck.
Capiña theorized “It’s possible that Dr. Andutan was being followed by the gunmen from his home and shot him on the way.” She said investigators are now trying to establish the motive for the doctor’s killing.
A bystander was hit when Anduyan’s vehicle as it rammed into the frontage of a laundry shop after he was hit.
.A witness told the police he first heard the first shot but ignored it thinking it was only burst tire and he ignored it “I didn’t mind the first shot, but when three more shots were fired, that’s when I took notice. I ducked and hit the ground,” but later he heard two more shots before the victim’s vehicle stopped.
The Scene of the Crime Operatives recovered six empty shells from a .45 caliber pistol
Mayor Oscar Moreno has order the police to conduct a manhunt and dig deeper to determine the motive of the killing and unmask the suspects.-Jigger Jerusalem
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