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Kent Carpenter, 73, was with his Filipina companion in a house in the coastal town of Sibulan, in Negros Oriental province, on Sunday night when the masked men forced their way in.<\/p>\n

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One drew a gun and shot Carpenter in the head, killing him instantly, police said his companion told them. The men took a laptop, an unspecified amount of cash and a backpack before fleeing, national police spokesperson Col. Allen Rae Co told reporters.<\/p>\n

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Regional police spokesperson Lt. Col. Joem Malong told The Associated Press that Carpenter\u2019s companion sustained unspecified injuries and was being treated. Investigators were trying to determine the motive for the killing and identify the attackers.<\/p>\n

Carpenter was a marine biologist who had worked as a lecturer at the Silliman University, in Dumaguete city, Negros Oriental, Malong said.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Embassy in Manila did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe assure the victim\u2019s family, the community and our foreign visitors that this case is being treated with utmost urgency and no effort will be spared until justice is served,\u201d regional police director Brig. Gen. Romano Cardi\u00f1o said.<\/p>\n

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Carpenter had been a biological sciences professor at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, since 1996. His research \u2014 which focused on the Philippines and the Coral Triangle between the Indian and Pacific oceans \u2014 shaped conservation efforts around the world, university officials said. They said he was on an extended research assignment in the Philippines and planned to retire in September.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe dedicated his career to expanding our understanding of the world\u2019s bodies of water and protecting some of its most vulnerable ecosystems,\u201d Old Dominion President Brian Hemphill said in a statement. He described Carpenter\u2019s killing as sad and devastating. \u201cHis scholarship and passion impacted and inspired many individuals locally, nationally, and internationally.\u201d<\/p>\n

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On his university webpage, Carpenter wrote that his research in marine conservation biology centered on assessing the extinction risks to fish species and plants. In 2010, he told the AP that unchecked global warming could lead to the extinction of all coral reefs on the planet within 100 years.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou could argue that a complete collapse of the marine ecosystem would be one of the consequences of losing corals,\u201d he said. \u201cYou\u2019re going to have a tremendous cascade effect for all life in the oceans.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Carpenter\u2019s interest in the Philippines stemmed from his Peace Corps assignment there in the 1970s, according to a 2007 Old Dominion newsletter.<\/p>\n

Several Philippine environment and biodiversity centers mourned Carpenter\u2019s death. Silliman University said Carpenter was an exceptional scientist, who had collaborated with the university on marine research work and studies since 1976.<\/p>\n

\u201cDr. Carpenter made ground-breaking contributions that transformed global understanding of Philippine marine biodiversity,\u201d the university said.<\/p>\n

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