Ex-brgy captain shot dead

ILOILO CITY — A former village chief was gunned down near his house in Mandurriao district, Iloilo City on Tuesday night, the police said.

Senior Supt. Marietto Valerio, Iloilo City police director, said former barangay captain Joel Pinas was heading home on his pedicab at around 6:45 p.m. when was repeatedly shot by an unidentified assailant some 500 meters from his residence in Barangay Dungon C.

Pinas died from multiple gunshot wounds in the neck and chest, Valerio said.  The gunman was seen by witnesses waiting for the victim then fled on a motorcycle driven by an accomplice after the shooting.  /INQUIRER