TEAMS of policemen and City Hall regulators swooped into several bars here Saturday night, hours after a 28-year-old resident of nearby Opol town was shot and killed following a rumble among customers.

Mayor Rolando Uy led the policemen and the City Regulatory Compliance Board in the inspection of bars along Corrales Avenue and the uptown area in the city.

NIGHT PATROL. Cagayan de Oro Mayor Rolando Uy (left) talks with police chief Col. Aaron Mandia as policemen and City Hall regulators check restaurants and bars for gun ban and health protocol violations. Photo by Froilan Gallardo

This came after Avelino Jhon Mahorenos, 28, a resident of Luyong Bonbon of Opol town, Misamis Oriental was killed after a rumble with fellow customers.

Col. Aaron Mandia, chief of the Cagayan de Oro Police Office said the victim was with a group drinking inside one of the bars along Corrales Avenue when it had a heated argument with another group of customers prior to the rumble.

The killing of Mahorenos and three other cases alarmed Uy who is just less than 18 days in office after winning the Cagayan de Oro mayoralty race last May 9.

“I wanted to know to check if the bars and restaurants are complying with our ordinances to ensure the safety of the public,” Uy said.

Uy said he wants to help the establishments to be profitable again after suffering economic losses when most of them closed because of the lockdowns and strict health protocols.