30 June 2008
Robert "Bert" Sison
Shooting
In a report, Senior Superintendent Fidel Posadas, Quezon police director, said Robert "Bert" Sison was gunned down by two assailants riding in tandem past 5 p.m. Monday while he was on his way home.
Sison, 60, hosted a program that airs over radio DZAT and a correspondent of the weekly newspaper "Regional Bulletin" based in Lucena City. Posadas said the victim who was on board their family car along with his two daughters - Almira, 24, and Liwayway, 30 - and was on on his way home when the assailants opened fire at the vehicle while in the vicinity of Brgy. Lutukan which was several kilometers away from their house.
Police said Sison sustained nnine gunshot wounds to his body while his daughter Liwayway, was hit in the right arm after she ran away from the car to save herself. Posadas said the Sison instinctively covered Almira who was seated beside him and took most of the shots fired by the gunmen.
Almira emerged unscathed from the incident. Posadas said he had already formed a task force under Quezon deputy for operation, Superintendent Eduardo Somera, to handle the investigation. For his part, Somera said investigators have started meeting with Sison's colleagues to determine possible motives in the killing.
