Korean dies of gunshot wound

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Date: 03 December 2013
Source: Journal Online

ANGELES City — A Korean national who owned a restaurant in Barangay Balibago here was found dead with a gunshot wound in the head.

Angeles City Police station 4 commanderChief Insp. Romeo Castro identified the victim as Jeong Younghyeon, 41, manager of Cook of Heade Grill and Resto.

A female staffer of the restaurant found Jeong lying in a pool of blood around 3 p.m. last Nov. 28 with a gunshot wound in the head and a .38 handgun on his right hand.

Police said they suspect suicide as the cause of death based on the testimonies of the restaurant staff and the victim’s live-in partner.

The resto’s security guard told police that prior to the incident Jeong asked him for a .38 bullet .

Jeong’s live-in partner said the night before, the Korean had told her he was going to heaven.

Another Korean, Sum Seung Chul, 40, told police when he went to the house of Jeong last Nov. 27,he noticed Jeong was very sad and that he was going to end his life.

A resident near the restaurant said Jeong was alone inside the restaurant a few hours before he was found dead.