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By Tomasita Asequia
and Nene Lachica
Correspondents

ILIGAN City–Still unidentified men shot and killed a prominent lawyer at Zone 1, Barangay Poblacion here on Tuesday evening.

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Police identified the victim as lawyer Allen Evasan, 58, of Purok I, Merila, this city.

Evasan succumbed to two gunshots to the left cheek and forehead.

Authorities said Evasan just left his law office and was about to get in his car that was parked near a pension house. The gunmen, who were in a black  Mitsubishi Montero SUV, came and fired at Evasan who has just opened back trunk of his car.

The lawyer was rushed by Rescue 811 workers to a hospital but he was declared dead on arrival.

Senior Insp. Dieryl Reuyan of the Scene of the Crime Operatives (Soco) said investigators found a caliber .45 pistol cartridge at the crime scene.

Evasan’s car and his belongings were brought to a police station for examination while investigators work to determine the motive for the killing, said PO2 Efraim Delapina Baje.

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