October 23, 2022
A WOMAN who was five months pregnant died after she was shot by an unidentified gunman outside her house in Sitio Estaca, Barangay Tunghaan in the southern town of Minglanilla, Cebu on Saturday night, Oct. 22, 2022.
The victim was identified as 26-year-old Noraliza Batacura Awayas.
Maj. Ariesa Otida, chief of the Minglanilla Police Station, said the incident happened past 8 p.m.
He said Awayas was talking to her friend Melody Mae Restulla when a man suddenly approached them and grabbed the victim’s cellphone.
When she resisted, the man pulled out a gun and shot Awayas twice. One bullet entered her head, killing her instantly.
The man immediately left the scene, while the victim fell to the ground.
A witness said the gunman was around five feet eight inches tall.
Minglanilla police, in their investigation, are looking at two possible motives for the shooting: robbery and personal.
However, Otida said they will not discount other possibilities.
Meanwhile, Otida said they have placed a person of interest in her murder under surveillance. (BBT / PJB)