a well known businessman here in Tarlac City was chased and shot by unidentified armed men after withdrawing cash from a bank. while being chased, a couple of shots was fired and hit a shoulder and arm of the businessman, but he did not stop the van and continued to avoid the armed men, when he bumped into a parked car while trying to make a turn. the gunmen immediately alighted from their vehicle and smashed the rear passenger window of the businessman's van and took the cash. they fired another shot before leaving the scene through the back of the businessman that hit his spines. the cash was said to be amounting to P500,000.00 and was supposedly to be used as payment for the renovation of their house. the van, a Chevy Venture, was the daily driver of the businessman's wife.

the two bullets in the arms and shoulder were already taken out of the victim in the local hospital, unfortunately, they cannot operate on his spinal column and the victim have to be rushed to a hospital in Metro Manila.