SAN ANTONIO, Nueva
Ecija -- An elderly couple shot dead when a man went on a shooting rampage here
Nov. 15 was buried last week. A farm worker was hurt during the shooting.
Senior Supt. Walter
Castillejos, provincial police director, identified the couple as Leodegario
Diaz, 60, and his live-in partner Mina Mallare, 55, who were both residents of
Barangay Lawang Kupang.
Emelito Lacanilao, 48,
a resident of Purok 7, Barangay Calabasa in Jaen, Nueva Ecija suffered a
gunshot wound in the chin from a stray bullet.
Police said
Lacanilao’s son, Joven, 27, who sought cover during the shooting was unhurt.
The still unidentified
gunman barged inside the house of the couple while they were about to take
their breakfast.
Police said the gunman
ordered the couple to stand up then peppered them with bullets.
Investigators are
eyeing land dispute as possible motive for the attack.
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