Farmer shot dead by stepson in Quezon province

Quezon province. INQUIRER FILES

LUCENA CITY — A 58-year-old farmer was shot and killed by his stepson on Wednesday, Feb. 28, in Lopez town in Quezon province, police said.

Quezon police, in a report Thursday, Feb. 29, said Rogelio Arganda was on the balcony of his house in Barangay (village) Sumalang around 8:30 p.m. when his stepson, “Louielito” arrived armed with a handgun which he used to repeatedly shoot Arganda.

The gunman fled after the shooting and left his target dead on the spot.

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According to the police, sometime on March 2022, Arganda raped Louielito’s daughter but no charges were filed.

The police are conducting a manhunt operation to arrest the killer.