One dies, the other wounded
GUN DUEL OVER A GRUDGE
SAN CARLOS CITY—Two men who were in the middle of a drinking spree with mutual friends in a birthday party last April 16 in Barangay Ano ended up in a gun duel that resulted in one being killed while the other took a bullet in his thigh.
Samuel Deocaris, 52, died from two bullet wounds in his chest while Virgilio Padilla, 54, was wounded in his left thigh.
Both were rushed to Pangasinan Provincial Hospital but Deocaris died while undergoing treatment.
Investigators recovered one slug, one deformed slug and three empty shells of a caliber .45 pistol and three empty shells of caliber 9mm pistol at the crime scene.
The firearms used in the incident were not recovered.
Motive for the incident was allegedly due to an old grudge between them.
Police report said the two, with other visitors, were partying at the residence of one Daniel Briones who was then celebrating his birthday.
At one point, Padilla suddenly left the place of their drinking session for unknown reason and returned after few minutes armed with a hand gun and confronted Deocaris who was also armed with hand gun.
They started shooting each other after a brief argument. (Tita Roces)
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