Village chief killed by motorcycle-riding gunman in Pangasinan town
SHOT DEAD (INQUIRER FILE PHOTO/ FRINSTON LIM)
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan — A village chief of an eastern Pangasinan town was shot dead on Tuesday (Jan. 10) by a motorcycle-riding man.
Rolando Mejia, 50, village chief of Barangay Calaocan in San Nicolas town, was attacked at a village roadside when he parked his own motorcycle to take a call at about 7:15 a.m.
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The police said the gunman alighted from his motorcycle and shot Mejia several times to finish him off.
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Mejia was taken to the Eastern Pangasinan District Hospital in neighboring Tayug town, but he did not reach the hospital alive.
Police have launched a manhunt against the gunman. SFM
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