AURORA, Isabela — Jealousy, warranted or not, allegedly drove a married man to end his life with a bullet in his head in this town, police reported yesterday.

Senior Inspector Sherwin Concha, local police chief, said Victor Santos, 42, allegedly locked himself inside the bathroom of his ancestral residence in Barangay Bolinao, here, and then shot himself in the temple.

Concha said probers were still verifying what firearm the victim used.

Santos’ brother, Armand, told police that prior to the incident on Wednesday night, Victor was on the phone arguing with his wife who was in Hong Kong. Investigators said the fatality was jealous about something but did not elaborate.