Former AFP-ISAF Member Shoot Dead By Unidentified Gunman

June 8,2010
Former AFP-ISAF Member Shoot Dead By Unidentified Gunman
By Quirico M. Gorpido, Jr.
Maasin City, Southern Leyte-A former member of the Armed Forces of the Philippines-Intelligence Special Action Force(AFP-ISAF)was shoot dead at brgy .Tawid less than 10 kilometers away from here by an unidentified gunman on his way from Malitbog to Hilongos ,Leyte during the recent Tuesday.
The victim was identified as Lito Cabasisi Figura, 41 years old, married and a resident of brgy.Binit, Malitbog of this province.
The victim’s wife Corazon Garces Figura, 48 years old, a secondary school teacher told Chief Investigator Rolando Mejares Paloma that she and her husband were riding on a single Kawasaki motorcycle. She said they were bound for Hilongos,Leyte .When they have reached brgy.Tawid after passing by Maasin,she said, she noticed that another blue-colored single motorcycle with two persons riding on was following them closely.
As they speed along the highway, the other single motorcycle likewise sped up until they were overtaken, she said. And the backrider started firing at her husband several times, hitting him in different parts of his body and died instantaneously, she told the police. Another police officer said that one of the bullets hit the victim’s head.
Earlier, a concerned citizen of the place called the Maasin Police Station to report the incident.Maasin new Chief of Police Hector Flores Enage, Chief Investigator Paloma and the responding police team rushed to the crime scene to investigate.
Discovered at the crime scene were 3 empty shells of a .45 caliber pistol. The wife informed police that she did not know personally the gunman. She described him as standing at 5 feet tall, medium built and was wearing a black jacket and a bull cap. After the shooting the overtaking motorcycle speed away.
The dead victim was later brought to St.Peter Funeral Homes in brgy. Pasay, where its new office was located ,for embalming. His remains were then brought by SPFH’s car to their residence in brgy. Binit, Malitbog.
The police investigator sad that the motive of the killing is unknown and they were still investigating the case.(Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.)