Chinese businessman gunned down in Dagupan City

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DAGUPAN CITY, Pangasinan – A Chinese businessman was shot and killed just before midnight on Saturday, May 24, while inside his vehicle along AB Fernandez Street in this city.

Police said in a report Sunday, May 25, that the 40-year-old victim was a resident of Calasiao, Pangasinan. The victim’s family has requested police to not identify him by name in the report.

According to initial investigations, the victim had just attended the wake of a fellow Chinese national at a funeral parlor on AB Fernandez Street. Moments after leaving the venue and boarding his vehicle, he was shot multiple times by an unidentified male assailant.

Hou sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to Region 1 Medical Center on Arellano Street but died along the way.

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Police launched dragnet and checkpoint operations and coordinated with adjacent stations in an attempt to apprehend the fleeing assailant.

Recovered from the crime scene were four fired cartridge cases of a suspected 9mm caliber pistol, one deformed slug of undetermined caliber, one bullet jacket, and one deformed lead bullet.

Authorities said the motive for the killing has yet to be established. /das