Hotelier killed in Cebu attack
Wednesday, June 23, 2010-Sunstar Cebu
CEBU CITY -- Less than 24 hours after an attack on his younger brother, hotel president Manuel Ting was gunned down on F. Llamas St. in Barangay Tisa, Cebu City Tuesday night.
Manuel, 72, president of the Cebu Parklane International Hotel, and older brother of Nicolas Ting, died after being shot more than 10 times.
Cebu City Councilor Sylvan Jakosalem, one of Manuel’s friends who rushed to Chong Hua Hospital, said the businessman suffered four wounds in the head and seven in the chest, along with other injuries on his arms.
Manuel was attacked around 6 p.m., nearly 24 hours after his younger brother Nicolas was ambushed at 9:15 p.m. in Cabancalan, Mandaue City last Monday night.
Nicolas, father-in-law of Mandaue City councilor-elect Emmarie Ouano-Dizon, survived three gunshot wounds, one in the left side of his face and two in his chest.
Manuel was alone, driving his gray Mercedez Benz (MGT 16
, when he was attacked.
SPO3 Rey Cuyos of the Homicide Section said Manuel was making a right turn toward San Jose Village St. from F. Llamas St. when a man, wearing a black sleeveless shirt, pulled out a gun and fired at the car.
The lone gunman was believed to have used an Uzi submachine gun. The shots shattered the window at the driver’s side.
Manuel’s car collided with a Toyota Avanza (YGX 842) when he tried to avoid the gunman.
A male witness, who refused to be identified, said he saw the gunman hanging out in a bakeshop for about an hour before committing the crime.
Homicide investigators and personnel from the Crime Scene Investigation Unit recovered at least 23 empty shells.
After the shooting, the triggerman, who was not wearing a mask, then boarded a motorcycle driven by an accomplice and fled.
Chief Insp. George Ylanan of the Investigation and Detective Management Branch (IDMB) said the police are still establishing the motive.
Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) Director Patrocinio Comendador Jr. immediately called for a case conference at the headquarters attended by the IDMB, Homicide Section and the crime scene investigation unit.
Comendador told Sun.Star Cebu all angles are being considered. As of 10 p.m., the case conference was still ongoing.
Joint team
Shortly after Manuel’s death, a task force composed of the Police Regional Intelligence Division, Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, Cebu City Police Office and Mandaue City Police Office was organized.
Senior Supt. Vicente Loot, deputy regional director for operations who also went to the hospital, relayed this information to Jakosalem.
The task force will find out, among other things, if the attacks on Nicolas and Manuel were related.
“It was a professional hit. Most magazines from submachine guns are 30 rounds, so it is safe to say this guy emptied his entire magazine on Manuel’s car,” Jakosalem said.
Cebu City Mayor-elect Michael Rama, who went to the hospital, asked the police to solve the killing.
“Solve the problem. Look for the assassin,” said Rama, a family friend of Manuel.
Both Rama and Jakosalem said Manuel was a “very diplomatic person” who had been very accommodating to the City Government.
Brother
Before the attack, police in Mandaue City said they were looking into at least two angles in the shooting last Monday night of Manuel’s brother, Nicolas.
Days before the attack, Nicolas reportedly had an argument with a Korean national with whom he has done business.
Senior Supt. Noel Gillamac, Mandaue City police director, said they are looking into a business rivalry or a personal grudge as motive of the attack.
Nicolas was ambushed shortly after a woman (name withheld, pending investigation) left his Honda CRV and walked inside her rented apartment in Barangay Cabancalan past 9 p.m. Monday.
The culprits drove their motorcycle beside the driver’s side and fired before Ting could restart his car.
Homicide investigator Chief Insp. Elmer Fernandez said witnesses helped them make the sketches of the suspected assailants.
Before the attack, the culprits bought beer from a store not far from the apartment and boarded their motorcycle as soon they saw the victim’s car approaching.
Former Mandaue City mayor Thadeo Ouano, the councilor-elect’s father, said he was with his compadre in a casino the other night. He suspected a business rivalry or a personal grudge motivated the ambush.
(JTG/KAL/AIV/Sun.Star Cebu)
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