ALAMINOS CITY – A lawyer and his wife were killed when the vehicle they were riding on was ambushed by armed men in broad daylight Sunday along an interior road in barangay Inerangan here while the city was deep in concentration before television sets watching the Pacquiao – Morales duel in the ring.

PO3 Jimmy Alcaparas, desk officer of the Alaminos City police, identified the fatalities in the ambush at 10:10 a.m. as Froilan Siobal, 57, a practicing criminal lawyer, and his wife Erlinda, 59.

Alcaparas said residents in the area almost did not notice the ambush as they were too busy viewing the Manny Pacquiao-Erik Morales boxing rubber-match on television in their homes.

Siobal slumped dead behind the steering wheel of a top-down sports car he was driving due to several gunshot wounds in the face, head and body.

The gunmen opened fire mostly through the windshield of the vehicle, the police said.
It appeared that Mrs. Siobal was able to get out of the vehicle and ran 15 meters away but was followed and finished off by the gunmen.

Police investigators recovered 12 empty shells of Armalite rifle and five empty shells of Cal. 45 pistol at the crime scene.

Investigation showed that the couple were bound for home to barangay San Miguel, Bani after hearing early morning mass at the Bani Catholic Church when they were attacked.
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Some residents in the area said they first thought that the series of gunfire during the ambuscade were from firecrackers until someone went out to verify and saw the ghastly scene.

Supt. Tito Dacpano, chief of police of Alaminos, is personally leading the investigation of the case.

Police said residents initially confirmed to investigators seeing a white van passing their area before the ambush.