Five killed in RP shooting

Sat, 04 Oct 1997 | Source: AFP

MANILA (AFP): A man went on a shooting rampage north of Manila, killing four people and wounding two others before killing himself, police said yesterday.

Nixon Tagyan, 34, late Thursday shot his estranged wife Evelyn Marcos-Tiong, who had remarried to a Hong Kong man, then killed her seven-year-old daughter and parents inside their house in Meycauayan town, Bulacan province north of the capital .

Marcos-Tiong's sister Noemi, who along with their maid had been wounded in the shooting, fled from the house and later returned with her own pistol and shot Tagyun in the chest.

Tagyan then put his .45 caliber pistol in his mouth and pulled the trigger, killing himself, town police commander Chief Inspector Enrico Salapong said.

Police said Tagyan and Marcos-Tiong had no children and had been separated for seven years. Tagyun went to Marcos-Tiong's house to borrow 50,000 pesos (US$1,470s) Thursday evening and reportedly went berserk after his request was rejected, police said.

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