Village councilor dead in Batangas shooting

BATANGAS CITY — A 56-year-old barangay (village) councilor was shot dead in Calatagan town in Batangas province Wednesday afternoon, police said Thursday.

Chief Inspector Radam Ramos, the Calatagan police chief, said  Roberto Bauyon, village councilor and resident of Barangay Balibago in Lian town, Batangas, was driving his motorcycle when unidentified armed men, also on board a motorcycle, shot him several times in Sitio (sub-village) Aplaya, Calatagan, at about 4:35 p.m. The victim died on the spot.

The killers fled after shooting in the direction of Lian and Balayan towns.

Police recovered two empty shells from a.45-pistol.  SFM/rga