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Manhunt on for suspect in Bukidnon town slay attempt

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Mel N. Velez

Investigators from the Maramag Municipal Police Station, under the supervision of Officer-in-Charge Police Lt. Col. Evary Bacunawa, inspect the crime scene in Purok 5A, Barangay North Poblacion, Maramag, Bukidnon, following a daylight shooting incident on Friday afternoon, November 13, 2026. — Investigators from the Maramag Municipal Police Station, under the supervision of Officer-in-Charge Police Lt. Col. Evary Bacunawa, inspect the crime scene in Purok 5A, Barangay North Poblacion, Maramag, Bukidnon, following a daylight shooting incident on Friday afternoon, Nov. 13, 2026. PHOTO by Maramag PNP

VALENCIA CITY, Bukidnon — A 39-year-old utility driver survived a brazen daylight ambush while his passenger suffered injuries after a motorcycle-riding gunman opened fire along a village road in Barangay North Poblacion, Maramag, Bukidnon on Friday afternoon, November 13.

Police have since put up a containment ring as part of a manhunt against the still unidentified suspect.

Police identified the primary target of the ambush only as “Tonton,” of Purok 5, Barangay South Poblacion in Maramag. His 55-year-old female passenger, a resident of Purok 5B, Zubiri Village in North Poblacion, was also hurt during the attack.

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According to the Maramag municipal police station, authorities received a distress call from a concerned citizen at around 4:15 p.m. regarding a shooting incident at Purok 5A, North Poblacion.

Initial police investigation revealed that the victim was driving his motorized rickshaw, locally known as bao-bao, along the barangay road when an unidentified suspect riding a red Honda Wave motorcycle without a license plate pulled alongside them.

Without warning, the gunman drew a firearm and repeatedly shot at the driver, hitting him in the left armpit.

In a bid to escape possible harm, the female passenger jumped off the moving vehicle, sustaining physical injuries in the process.

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Villagers rushed the two victims to the Bukidnon Provincial Hospital–Maramag before police arrived at the scene. Attending physicians later confirmed that both victims are now in stable condition.

Crime scene investigators recovered five spent cartridge cases from a caliber .45 pistol at the ambush site. INQ

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