Lawyer killed, 2 others injured
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A lawyer was killed and two others were injured in an ambush incident in Looc, Mandaue City Thursday night while on board a BMW vehicle.
The lawyer was identified as Attorney Amelie Ocana Alegre. Alegre was declared dead on the spot. Her companions, Atty. Briccio Boholst and Anthony Pino sustained gunshot wounds and were rushed to the nearest hospital.
Boholst is Mandaue City’s former City Administrator and former the president of Integrated Bar of the Philippines Cebu Chapter. The three victims work in one Law Firm.
Based on the initial investigation of Mandaue City Police Office, Alegre was driving the vehicle when unknown assailants fired gunshots on them. Seated at the passenger seat beside her was Boholst, and Pino was seated at the back.
SPO4 Marcos Noval Jr. of MCPO Homicide Section said that they still need to find out who owns the vehicle. They were able to recover seven empty shells of 9mm at the crime scene. (photos by John Aroa)