BY FREDDIE C. VELEZ
CITY OF SAN JOSE DEL MONTE, Bulacan — A jealous 71-year-old man ended his life after shooting his live-in partner and the latter’s alleged lover in Barangay Gaya- Gaya in this city Wednesday afternoon, police reported yesterday.
Citing a police report, Colonel Lawrence B. Cajipe, Bulacan police director, said Ezeikiel Garcia Quiambao of Spring Town Villas, Phase 2, Barangay Gaya-Gaya died after pumping a bullet into his head using a .45-caliber pistol.
Quiambao’s live-in partner, Lettey Velaras Arquilla, 54, is now undergoing treatment while her alleged lover, Elezalde Garcia Cansino, 36, died at Sapang Palay District Hospital due to gunshot wounds.
Police investigation showed that Quiambao shot Arquilla and Cansino inside the woman’s house. The suspect then shot himself in the head using the same gun. He died on the spot.
The woman and Cansino were rushed to the hospital where the latter died while undergoing treatment, according to police report.
Probers said jealousy forced Quiambao to shoot his partner and Cansino.
Police recovered from the crime scene a .45-caliber Remington with serial 1980271, an empty magazine, four fired cartridge cases. (Freddie C. Velez)
