A 59-year-old man is currently hospitalised after he was shot during a robbery at ‘C’ Field, Sophia in the wee hours of Wednesday morning.
According to a police report, the victim, who is a pick-up driver for an Ogle-based airline, had gone to pick up an employee of the airline about 2.58 am as he would normally do when he was attacked.
Enquiries revealed that the victim, upon arriving at the residence of the employee, parked the bus and was waiting when the suspect rode up on a bicycle alongside the bus.
The suspect then pulled out a handgun from his waistband and demanded that the victim hand over his phone and money. The victim was complying with the instruction when the perpetrator discharged the weapon, shooting him to the right lower side of his abdomen. The gunman then escaped the victim’s cellphone, valued $40,000, and his wallet containing $60,000 in cash.
The driver of the bus was taken to the St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, where he underwent surgery. His condition is listed as stable.
Efforts by the police to locate the suspect have so far been unsuccessful.
