CABANATUAN CITY,
Nueva Ecija, November 8, 2012–A hard-hitting, veteran broadcaster and radio
commentator was killed in broad daylight by a lone gunman while on his way to
work here early this morning.
Police Superintendent Eli Depra, city
police chief, identified the victim as Julius Caezar Cauzo, 52, of Barangay
Sibul, Talavera, Nueva Ecija. He died from three gunshot wounds in the body.
Cauzo is a news anchor of teleradyo
DWJJ and is executive vice president of the Nueva Ecija Press Club, Inc. DWJJ
is owned by the family of Mayor Julius Caezar Vergara.
Depra
said the attack was carried out at around 8:30 am in Barangay Aduas
Norte. Cauzo was aboard his motorcycle cruising along Flowerlane St. in Aduas
Norte when the gunman riding a motorcycle overtook him and fired from close
range, hitting him in the body then fled.
Cauzo was rushed to the Good Samaritan
Hospital where attending physicians pronounced him dead-on-arrival.
Depra
said they have yet to establish the motive behind the murder. He said he will
provide an update on the killing.
Prior
to his death, Cauzo has been locked up in a word war with broadcasters of the
rival TV station TV 48 over the Highly Urbanized City being pushed by the city
government and which is being opposed by the camp of Nueva Ecija Gov. Aurelio
Umali.
The Commission
on Elections has set on December 1 the plebiscite to ratify Presidential
Proclamation 418 issued last July 4 by President Aquino converting Cabanatuan
into a HUC. (Manny Galvez)
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