Chief of village watchmen killed in Batangas

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LUCENA CITY — A leader of village watchmen (barangay tanod) in Nasugbu town in Batangas province, was shot and killed on Tuesday, police said.

The Batangas police said in a report on Wednesday, Jan. 3, that Hilario Rodriguez, 53, chief of the watchmen in Barangay Cogunan, was about to report for duty around 7 p.m. when a gunman shot him using a caliber .45 pistol.

The assailant fled after the shooting.

Rodriguez was taken to a local hospital but died while undergoing treatment.

The police said an official of the village’s office of the Violence Against Women and Children (VAWC), who witnessed the incident, identified the killer as alias “Suro,” 43, a resident of the barangay.

An investigation is ongoing to establish the motive behind the incident.

Police launched a manhunt operation to arrest the assailant.

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