DAVAO CITY — A motorcycle-riding gunman shot and killed an elderly woman in this city before dawn on Sunday, the police said.

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PO1 Sanfred Catayas said Andrea Villarino Baguio, 68, a widow, was walking alone to an Iglesia Ni Cristo chapel to attend Sunday service when she was repeatedly shot in Sitio Crossing in Barangay Malabog, Paquibato District, at about 4:45 a.m.

Baguio died on the spot from multiple bullet wounds from a .45-caliber pistol. The suspect fled immediately.

Police learned of the incident when a concerned citizen called them through the PS7 Hotline.

The motive of the killing has yet to be determined, Catayas said. /cbb

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