2026年7月14日 美国东部时间下午1:41 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社报道
警方周二表示，一名杰出的美国海洋生物学家在菲律宾中部的住宅内进入三名男子枪杀身亡。
73岁的肯特·卡彭特与他的菲律宾籍同伴当晚在内格罗斯东方省杜马格特市沿海城镇锡布兰的家中，蒙面男子强行闯入时，他们正处于家中。
警方援引卡彭特同伴的说法称，其中一名男子拔枪击中卡彭特头部，使其当场毙命。国家警方发言人艾伦·雷·科上校告诉记者，劫匪抢走了一台笔记本电脑、一笔数额不明的现金和一个背包后逃离现场。
地区警方发言人乔姆·马隆中校告诉美联社，卡彭特的同伴身受不明伤势，目前正在接受治疗。调查人员正试图确定行凶动机并确认袭击者身份。
马隆表示，卡彭特曾在位于内格罗斯东方省杜马格特市的西利曼大学担任讲师。
![This 2023 photo provided by Old Dominion University shows Professor Kent Carpenter. Chuck Thomas/Old Dominion University via AP]
美国驻马尼拉大使馆未立即回应置评请求。
地区警察局长罗马诺·卡尔迪诺准将表示：“我们向受害者家属、当地社区以及外国访客保证，此案正在以最高紧急程度处理，将不遗余力地伸张正义。”
美国国务院最新旅行警告显示，美国人“应因犯罪、恐怖主义、内乱和绑架风险，在菲律宾提高警惕”。
自1996年以来，卡彭特一直担任弗吉尼亚州诺福克市欧道明大学生物科学教授。校方表示，他的研究聚焦菲律宾以及印度洋与太平洋之间的珊瑚三角区，为全球各地的保护工作提供了参考。卡彭特曾对菲律宾韦尔德岛海峡的生物多样性展开研究，并倡导将该区域列为世界遗产。
欧道明大学表示，卡彭特当时正在菲律宾执行长期研究任务，原计划于今年9月退休。
该校去年曾宣传卡彭特的一项研究，对比了1907年的博物馆标本与当前鱼类种群情况。
欧道明大学校长布莱恩·亨菲尔在一份声明中表示：“他毕生致力于增进我们对全球水域的了解，并保护部分最脆弱的生态系统。”他称卡彭特的遇害令人悲痛且极具破坏性。“他的学术成就与热忱影响并激励了本地、全国乃至全球的众多人士。”
在其大学个人网页上，卡彭特写道，他的海洋保护生物学研究重点是评估鱼类和植物物种的灭绝风险。2010年，他告诉美联社，不受控制的全球变暖可能在100年内导致全球所有珊瑚礁灭绝。
“你可以说，珊瑚礁的消失将引发海洋生态系统的全面崩溃，”他说，“这将对海洋中的所有生命产生极其严重的连锁反应。”
据欧道明大学2007年的通讯报道，卡彭特对菲律宾产生兴趣源于他在20世纪70年代的和平队任务。
多家菲律宾环境与生物多样性中心对卡彭特的逝世表示哀悼。西利曼大学称卡彭特是一位杰出的科学家，自1976年以来就与该校合作开展海洋研究工作。
“卡彭特博士做出了开创性贡献，改变了全球对菲律宾海洋生物多样性的认知，”该校在社交媒体帖子中写道。
“我们始终深切感激他数十年来为学校所作的学术贡献与服务，”该校继续说道，“他的遗产将继续激励一代又一代西利曼人，致力于科学进步与海洋环境保护。”
Prominent American marine biologist shot dead, companion injured in the Philippines
July 14, 2026 1:41 PM EDT / CBS/AP
A distinguished American marine biologist has been shot dead by three men who entered his house in the central Philippines, police said on Tuesday.
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.
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.
Regional police spokesperson Lt. Col. Joem Malong told The Associated Press that Carpenter’s companion sustained unspecified injuries and was being treated. Investigators were trying to determine the motive for the killing and identify the attackers.
Carpenter was a marine biologist who had worked as a lecturer at the Silliman University, in Dumaguete city, Negros Oriental, Malong said.
This 2023 photo provided by Old Dominion University shows Professor Kent Carpenter. Chuck Thomas/Old Dominion University via AP
The U.S. Embassy in Manila did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
“We assure the victim’s 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,” regional police director Brig. Gen. Romano Cardiño said.
The most recent travel advisory from the U.S. State Department says Americans should “exercise increased caution in the Philippines due to crime, terrorism, civil unrest, and kidnapping.
Carpenter had been a biological sciences professor at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, since 1996. His research — which focused on the Philippines and the Coral Triangle between the Indian and Pacific oceans — shaped conservation efforts around the world, university officials said. Carpenter studied biodiversity in the Philippines’ Verde Island Passage, and he advocated for its designation as a World Heritage Site.
Old Dominion said he was on an extended research assignment in the Philippines and planned to retire in September.
Last year, the university touted Carpenter’s research comparing museum specimens from 1907 to current populations of fish.
“He dedicated his career to expanding our understanding of the world’s bodies of water and protecting some of its most vulnerable ecosystems,” Old Dominion President Brian Hemphill said in a statement. He described Carpenter’s killing as sad and devastating. “His scholarship and passion impacted and inspired many individuals locally, nationally, and internationally.”
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.
“You could argue that a complete collapse of the marine ecosystem would be one of the consequences of losing corals,” he said. “You’re going to have a tremendous cascade effect for all life in the oceans.”
Carpenter’s interest in the Philippines stemmed from his Peace Corps assignment there in the 1970s, according to a 2007 Old Dominion newsletter.
Several Philippine environment and biodiversity centers mourned Carpenter’s death. Silliman University said Carpenter was an exceptional scientist, who had collaborated with the university on marine research work and studies since 1976.
“Dr. Carpenter made ground-breaking contributions that transformed global understanding of Philippine marine biodiversity,” the university said in a social media post.
“We remain profoundly grateful for his decades of scholarship and service to the University,” the school continued. “His legacy will continue to inspire future generations of Sillimanians committed to the advancement of science and the conservation of our marine environment.”