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Cabanatuan Metropolis – Two unidentified males shot and killed a village chief in Nueva Ecija’s northern city of Lupao Tuesday morning (Jan. 24), police mentioned.
Investigators recognized the sufferer as Reginald Espiritu, 46, of Lupao’s Barangay San Isidro.
In accordance with an preliminary investigation, the sufferer was in entrance of his retailer when two motorcycle-riding males arrived and repeatedly shot him with a .45-caliber pistol.
The sufferer was taken to the Coronary heart of Jesus Hospital in San Jose Metropolis, additionally in Nueva Ecija, however was declared useless on arrival, the police mentioned.
On the crime scene, forensic investigators found two unfired bullets and two spent shells from a.45-caliber pistol.
A pursuit operation was underway to seize the assailants whereas investigators had been nonetheless attempting to find out the motive behind the killing.
Espiritu was the second village chief to be gunned down in Luzon inside 24 hours.
On Monday night, Richard Biraquit, 57, village chief of Sto. Domingo in Piat city, Cagayan province was additionally shot and killed by unidentified motorcycle-riding gunmen.
Biraquit and his spouse had been heading residence round 6 p.m. once they had been ambushed. The spouse survived the taking pictures, the police mentioned. INQ
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