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Soldier shot dead

Gilbert Bayoran - The Philippine Star
March 17, 2017 | 12:00am

ILOILO CITY , Philippines  – A man believed to be drunk shot dead his cousin in Iloilo on Wednesday.

SSgt. Rustom Caballero of the 61st Infantry Battalion was pronounced dead on arrival at the Calinog District Hospital.

Caballero was assisting in a production activity of a television station in Barangay Garangan in Calinog town at around 8:30 p.m. when Gerardo Caballero challenged the people there to a fight.

Caballero was shot when he tried to pacify Gerardo.

A manhunt for Gerardo is underway.               

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