Village chief shot dead in Batangas

[wpgmappity id=”1369″]

BATANGAS CITY, Philippines — A barangay (village) chairman of Nasugbu town in Batangas was shot dead by an unidentified gunman early Sunday evening, police said Monday.

Enrique Valencia, village head of Poblacion 4, was standing in front of the village hall at around 6 p.m. when the lone gunman approached and shot him, said Police Officer 2 Ramon Sale, case investigator.

The gunman ran and rode his getaway motorcycle parked 300 meters from the crime scene after the shooting, said Sale.

Valencia was brought to Apacible Memorial Hospital in Nasugbu but he died at around 9 p.m. due to bullet wounds in the back.

Sale said they were still trying to identify the killers and determine the motive for the killing, as of Monday.  He, however, said they got hold of a witness who could provide details for the artist’s sketch of the gunman.

Related stories

Police arrest ex-village chief in Capiz who killed 3 siblings

Ex-village chief who exposed ghost road project in Samar killed

Village chief, cousin shot dead in Masbate