A man killed a newspaper vendor by shooting her in the head as she was manning her stall at a busy intersection in Pasay City on Monday afternoon.
鈥淭hey killed my wife in front of me. She did nothing wrong. God knows this. Why did they kill her?鈥� her husband Domingo Doni帽a said.
According to police investigators, the victim, Leonora Doni帽a, 54, a resident of F.B. Harrison Street in Barangay 13, was a suspected drug pusher.
The victim鈥檚 husband and sisters denied this, saying Doni帽a was not engaged in illegal drugs. 鈥淲e never touched drugs. My wife was helpful, she wasn鈥檛 a pusher nor a user,鈥� Domingo said.
He added that he and his wife had been selling newspapers, cigarettes and candies at the corner of F.B. Harrison and Arnaiz Avenue since the 1970s.
At 2 p.m. on Monday, Doni帽a was killed as she was manning their stall. The gunman who was wearing a helmet fled on a motorcycle afterward.
The victim鈥檚 sisters said barangay officials with a grudge against them might be behind the killing.