Prison officer killed by motorcycle-riding gunmen in Ecija

GAPAN CITY, Nueva Ecija — A jail officer was killed by motorcycle-riding gunmen along Doña Josefa Bridge here at 4:45 a.m. on Monday (Nov. 21).

Senior Jail Officer 3 Melanio Moulic, Jr., 54, was ambushed as he drove his service tricycle to the Baliuag municipal jail in Baliuag, Bulacan, where he was assigned.

Moulic, a resident of Sitio Ilog, Barangay (village) Mallorca in Nueva Ecija’s San Leonardo town, was shot repeatedly by the gunmen.

Investigators are still determining why Moulic was attacked.  SFM/rga