Gunmen kill supporter of Gapan City mayor-elect | Inquirer News

Gunmen kill supporter of Gapan City mayor-elect

By: - Correspondent / @AMGalangINQ
/ 05:29 PM May 23, 2016

GAPAN CITY, Nueva Ecija—A supporter of Mayor-elect Emerson Pascual was killed by two gunmen in his house in San Nicolas village on Sunday night.

Emelito Paltao was shot multiple times by two men who broke into his home at 8:50 p.m., police said.

Senior Supt. Manuel Cornel, Nueva Ecija police director, discounted politics as a motive for the murder.

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Pascual said Paltao helped his campaign. “The elections are done. I hope we won’t lose more lives on its account,” he said. RAM/rga

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