LUCENA CITY -- A tricycle driver who reportedly ran amuck was killed by policemen in Candelaria, Quezon on Thursday evening, a police report said.

The report identified the fatality as Kenny Regalario, 38, a resident of Barangay (village) Masin Sur.

Police said that at around 9:50 p.m., the station received a report that a drunken man armed with a bolo was chasing terrified family members and neighbors.

Policemen who were dispatched to the area were met by a horrified boy who told the lawmen that his uncle Regalario was running after him with a bolo.

The policemen tried to pacify the drunken tricycle driver but instead of heeding them, the man charged toward one of the lawman, prompting his colleagues to shoot him.

Regalario was rushed to a hospital but was declared dead on arrival from several gunshot wounds in different parts of the body.