Killers of Chinese bizman still unknown
Police are still looking for three suspects who killed a Chinese businessman on his way home Saturday night.
Thirty-five year old Zhigang Zhang, owner of a store in downtown Iloilo, was gunned down by three motorcycle-riding suspects around 8:45 p.m. Saturday inside his car.
Chief Insp. Jack Wanky, station commander of Jaro Police Station, said the suspects, on board a red XRM motorcycle, fired four shots hitting Zhang on his left shoulder causing his instant death.
Zhang was driving his Nissan X-Trail on the way home to Ledesco Village in La Paz district.
He was caught up by the suspects along Javellana Extension.
Witnesses heard of four gunshots afterwhich they saw the Nissan X-Trail slowing down.
They were not able to get hold of the motorcycle's plate number as it immediately sped up after the incident.
Several empty shells of .45 caliber pistol were recovered from the scene.
Wanky said they have yet to ascertain the motive behind the killing but they are tracing two angles.
One, could be a traffic altercation between Zhang and the suspects before the incident.
The other could be a business-related conflict.
Zhang was reported to have previously managed a big store with several branches in the city proper.
Later, however, he parted ways with his business partners and put up his own business also in downtown Iloilo.
Police sources say a serious conflict ensued between Zhang and his business partners which resulted to the split.
Police investigators at the Jaro Police Station are still getting deeper on the case.