Military colonel killed in Zamboanga City

ZAMBOANGA CITY — An Army colonel, assigned in Zamboanga del Sur and went home to celebrate Father's Day,was shot and killed by still unidentified men Sunday night, police here said.Supt. Luisito Magnaye, Zamboanga City police director, said Lieutenant Colonel Cristobal Perez, more known as Tiny expired due to multiple gunshot wounds at Zamboanga Peninsula hospital at about 11 p.m. more than an hour after he was shot in his home in Barangay Guiwan.Magnaye said his report was still sketchy and that investigation was still on going.A graduate of Philippine Military Academy Class 1993, Perez is member of 1st Tabak Infantry Division general staff. The Army division is based in Pulacan, Zamboanga del Sur.Perez was the G1 commander of the 1st Tabak Infantry Division in Pulacan, Zamboanga del Sur. His wife, May, was still in the state of shock and could not provide the police with statement as of yet.