Police officer shot dead in Laguna

CAMP PACIANO RIZAL, Laguna – A police officer was gunned down in Biñan City, Laguna early Monday morning.

Senior Inspector Jerry Uy, who was assigned to the police administration office in Biñan, was shot dead by two assailants on a motorcycle in Barangay Santo Domingo at 6:45 a.m.

Laguna police director Senior Superintendent Romulo Sapitula said in a telephone interview that Uy was on his way to work after dropping off his child in  school when he was shot.

Sapitula said an investigation was ongoing.