Coke exec killed inside family home
A longtime Water-Treating Officer of Coca-Cola Bottling Philippines here was killed in what remains to be validated as either a case of suicide or accidental firing.
The victim, 50 year-old Freddie Palomillo succumbed to a single gunshot wound on the head inside the family home in Barangay Ungka Uno, Pavia, Iloilo. Shocked family members rushed Palomillo to Iloilo Doctor's Hospital in the city however attending physicians declared him Dead on Arrival.
Authorities were immediately called in as the investigation began thereafter.
In a report, The News Today (TNT) learned that Palomillo was last seen by his wife early morning of that fateful Wednesday as he busied himself cleaning his .38 caliber pistol. Moments thereafter, a single shot was heard as family members rushed to check on the victim.
Palomillo has been with Coke Philippines for over ten years now. Radio accounts of one child reached by reporters heard her dismiss suicide saying the victim was not in any stress norshowed any problems at work.
(F. Hibionada)