PORT DICKSON, Oct 7 – In what the police suspect to be gangland rivalry, a man was shot dead while having a drink at a grocery shop in Lukut last night.
A gunman fired two shots at K. Shummugan, 41, at close range, killing him on the spot, outside the unnumbered shop in Taman Pantai Emas.
The victim sustained a gunshot wound each in the head and body. A third bullet, believed to have gone wide, was found lodged in a notice board of the shop.
It is not known how the gunman escaped.
At the time of the incident about 9pm, the shop proprietor was at the rear of the premises. He told police that he initially thought firecrackers were being let off when the man was shot.
Negri Sembilan CID chief ACP Zaki Masroh today said initial police investigations had not ruled out underworld links to Shummugan’s killing.
He said the victim was drinking toddy outside the shop when the gunman turned up at the shop.
Zaki ruled out any political motive or link to the Bagan Pinang by-election on Oct 11. – Bernama
A gunman fired two shots at K. Shummugan, 41, at close range, killing him on the spot, outside the unnumbered shop in Taman Pantai Emas.
The victim sustained a gunshot wound each in the head and body. A third bullet, believed to have gone wide, was found lodged in a notice board of the shop.
It is not known how the gunman escaped.
At the time of the incident about 9pm, the shop proprietor was at the rear of the premises. He told police that he initially thought firecrackers were being let off when the man was shot.
Negri Sembilan CID chief ACP Zaki Masroh today said initial police investigations had not ruled out underworld links to Shummugan’s killing.
He said the victim was drinking toddy outside the shop when the gunman turned up at the shop.
Zaki ruled out any political motive or link to the Bagan Pinang by-election on Oct 11. – Bernama
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