2 shot dead in Calabarzon

Two persons were killed in separate shootings in Batangas and Rizal on Saturday.

Ambulance driver Aldrin Vergara, 42, was asleep at his residence in Barangay Solis, Balete town when an unidentified assailant barged in and shot him shortly before midnight.

Vergara died while being treated at the Dr. Mercado Hospital in Tanauan City.

Probers recovered three bullet shells for a .45 caliber pistol at the crime scene.

Police have yet to determine the motive for the killing.

In Rizal, Cesar de Leon was on his way to work when he was shot dead in Barangay Dela Cruz, Antipolo City at around 6 a.m.

On the same day, Joselito Camu Jr. was wounded in another attack in the village by an unidentified assailant.

Camu was having a drinking session with his friends when he was shot at around 8 p.m.

Bystanders rushed Camu to a hospital for treatment.

Meanwhile, two persons were also wounded in another shooting in Cainta.

Indian trader Kanwaldeep Singh and his Filipina companions, Carla Torogon and Jeralyn Ignacio, were on a motorcycle when the gunman opened fire at them in Barangay San Juan.

Torogon and Ignacio were taken to a hospital for treatment of gunshot wounds. Singh was not harmed.

Police have yet to determine the motive for the attack.