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SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – A prominent businessman was shot dead by a gunman alone on Wednesday night, prompting authorities to order confinement in Subic Freeport to eliminate the murderer.
However, the masked assassin who fired four bullets into the chief executive of United Auctioneers Inc. (UAI), Dominic Sytin, has so far escaped a police attack launched on the Freeport harbor and neighboring communities.
Police investigators said Sytin and his bodyguard, Efren Espartero, were about to enter the Lighthouse Marina Resort Hotel, in Subic's central business district, around 7:30 pm. On November 28, an unidentified suspect fired point-blank at Sytin, in the back and on the left side of the head.
Espartero tried to retaliate, but the assailant also turned against him, beating his right arm and right torso.
A video surveillance footage filmed in front of the hotel reportedly showed only one assailant firing a last shot at Sytin's already exposed body.
Witnesses nearby then remembered hearing several more shots that threatened them with fear.
Police said Sytin had died on the spot, his body crumpled under the hotel 's staircase when the investigators arrived. Esparto was taken to Baypointe Hospital and the medical center two blocks away, where doctors said he was stable.
Mirror of business arrived at the scene half an hour later and counted at least six empty casings scattered across the street in front of the Lighthouse Hotel. Investigators said three more sockets were found close to the body, all with a .45 caliber pistol.
The following morning, in a report issued by the Olongapo City Police Bureau, the suspect was between 5 and 8 inches tall, with a medium build.
The abuser, who would wear a blue polo shirt on a black t-shirt, gray pants and a red veil covering the face, allegedly fled the scene aboard a black Mio sports motorcycle that was heading towards the Kalaklan neighbour. Door.
The police have not yet established a motive for the murder, at the time of the press.
"Vast crime"
The metropolis of Subic Bay (SBMA) immediately condemned the murder, described as "heinous crime" and apparent "targeted killing of a company locator in the Subic Bay free port area" .
"This is sad news for us, not just because an eminent businessman who has been a very active member of the Subic Freeport community is falling prey to violence, but also because A life was lost like that, "Wilma T Eisma said in a statement Wednesday evening.
Eisma, who arrived at the crime scene an hour later, said that she had ordered the Freeport lockout as soon as she had heard the news and asked the SBMA's SWMA team to enhance security at all doors. She added that her orders included a thorough search of all persons and vehicles leaving Subic Freeport.
Sytin, 51, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of what is reputed to be the largest vehicle auction in the country. According to CEO magazine, the UAI held its first auction at Subic in March 1999 and only four years later, taking first place in the market.
Since then, Sytin has reportedly sold more than 110,000 units of industrial, transportation and construction machinery to more than 40,000 local and foreign buyers.
On a disturbing note, Sytin's death recalled the murder of another vehicle dealer here about 12 years ago.
According to reports in the press, Uldarico Tubig, who was importing used vehicles, was shot dead by one of the five attackers while he was preparing to board his plane. car to Boton Highway, around 19:00. June 23, 2006.
His security assistant, Romeml Pineda, was also killed when he exchanged shots with the suspects.
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