Philippine police hunt suspects after US marine biologist shot dead in Sibulan
Three men, whose faces were covered, forced their way into 73-year-old Kent Carpenter’s home and shot him in the head, killing him instantly
Police said Kent Carpenter, 73, was with his Filipino companion in a house in the coastal town of Sibulan in Negros Oriental province on Sunday night when three men, whose faces were covered, forced their way in.
One drew a gun and shot Carpenter in the head, killing him instantly, police said his companion told them.
The men took a laptop, an unspecified amount of cash and a backpack before fleeing, national police spokesman Colonel Allen Rae Co told reporters.
Regional police spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Joem Malong said that Carpenter’s companion sustained unspecified injuries and was being treated.
Investigators were trying to determine the motive for the killing and identify the attackers of Carpenter, a marine biologist who had worked as a lecturer at the Silliman University in Dumaguete city in Negros Oriental, Malong said, adding that the US Embassy in Manila has been notified.