Phil Navy officer shot dead in ambush

 By Mydz Supnad

DASOL, Pangasinan- An officer of the Phil. Navy was shot dead Sept. 14 by three armed men who ambushed him while the Navy’s companion was unhurt in National highway, barangay Botobot, this town.

                

Police report said that P02 Victor Balanon, detailed with the Phil .Navy Headquarters in San Antonio, Zambales, died on the spot after he was gunned down by three unidentified men in the said highway.

               

Investigation showed that the victim, together with his companion SM2nd Glaiza Ballesteros, also a member of the Navy, was driving his Toyota Fortuner with plate number TQN 628 when suddenly three armed men blocked their path in Botobot.

                

The three men were reportedly carrying long bamboos when they blocked the victim’s van.

                

Once stopped, the suspects shot the victim and killed him on the spot. Ballesteros, however, was not hurt after she was left behind by the suspects.

                

The suspects suddenly escaped when another vehicle was coming to the ambush site.

                

Police said they are now hunting the suspects who fled towards the town of Burgos.