A 43-year-old Korean businessman was found dead yesterday dawn with gunshot wounds in a resto bar he owned in barangay Maribago, Lapu-Lapu City.
Police are looking into聽 various possible motives, including robbery, a grudge聽 and business rivalry in the killing of聽 Lim Soo Yuen.
Lim suffered three gunshot wounds in the body.
The Korean had been operating the bar for five years and lived alone in his home-cum-office.
A .38 caliber revolver was聽 found about five meters from his body. The gun, which was聽 empty, was owned by the聽 businessman, according to his workers.
Six empty shells of聽 a .38 revolver and six empty shells for a 9mm caliber pistol were recovered from the crime scene.
Police said a shootout聽 may have occured with the assailant and that the Korean may have run out of bullets then fled to his office where he was chased and finished off.
Sheny Bebelone, 21, cashier of the resto bar, said her employer used to keep cash in a drawer. The drawer was was聽 found to be聽 empty.
Police are set to invite the resto bar workers for questioning as part of the investigation.
Police are also looking for 18-year-old Ronel Carillos,聽 a Lapu-Lapu city resident who was fired four days earlier from the resto bar.
Narjon Paquibot, the chief cook, told police that Lim fired Carillos after聽 catching him allegedly trying to steal a bottle of wine.
A security guard of a nearby beach resort called the police after hearing gunshots from the resto bar around 2 a.m.
Joselito Beltran said he peeped through the bar鈥檚 concrete fence but saw no one.
Police聽 arrived around 6 a.m. but found the front gate locked.聽 Some bar workers later arrived and helped police open the gate.
The bloodied victim was found slumped face down on the floor./CORRESPONDENT NORMAN V. MENDOZA