Man shoots live-in partner in Bukidnon

QUEZON, Bukidnon — A heated argument between live-in partners ended in tragedy after a 25-year-old man allegedly shot his 24-year-old partner in the head inside their residence in Barangay Butong here early Saturday morning.

Reports from the Quezon Municipal Police Station (MPS) disclosed that neighbors heard the couple arguing inside their bedroom at around 1:10 a.m., followed by crying and a single gunshot.

The suspect’s father rushed to the room and attempted to restrain his son, but the suspect managed to break free and fled on foot toward a nearby sugarcane field.

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Family members found the victim lying on the bed with a gunshot wound to her forehead and immediately rushed her to the Bukidnon Provincial Hospital in Maramag, where she was declared dead on arrival by the attending physician.

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Police investigators recovered two live rounds of caliber .38 ammunition from the crime scene. Initial investigations cited a domestic misunderstanding as the motive behind the shooting.

Following a hot pursuit operation and the activation of the police station’s first-ring containment plan in coordination with local officials, duty barangay tanods spotted the suspect returning to his residence at around 7:30 a.m.

The suspect was arrested and formally turned over to the Quezon MPS at 8:10 a.m. according to Police Lieutenant Colonel Erwin R. Naelga, chief of Quezon MPS.

Although no firearm was recovered upon his arrest, the suspect remains in police custody and is scheduled to undergo a paraffin test as criminal charges are being prepared.