Bulacan village chief gunned down

SAN ILDEFONSO, Bulacan –– Unidentified motorcycle-riding assailants killed a village chief in this town on Tuesday morning.

Police Col. Chito Bersaluna, Bulacan police director, said Felimon Lazaro, 52, barangay captain of Malipampang, succumbed to bullet wounds while his companion, Richard Del Rosario, from Barangay Pala-pala, was hit by a stray bullet.

Investigators said the victims were standing outside Lazaro’s house about 7 a.m. when the gunmen approached them and fired shots.

Police are now checking the closed-circuit television footage near the crime scene to identify the assailants. Carmela Reyes-Estrope/lzb