CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – A barangay councilor running for chairman in the barangay elections on October 30 was wounded in an ambush in Barangay Gracia Village, Urdaneta City, Pangasinan on Tuesday night, October 3.
Police identified the victim as Salvador Tan Garcia, 45, a resident of Barangay Asin East, Malasiqui, Pangasinan.
Garcia was driving his black Nissan Terra on the way to his house in Barangay Gracia Village when he was shot several times by an unidentified gunman.
The victim sustained bullet wounds and brought himself to the Urdaneta District Hospital in Barangay Dilan-Paurido, Urdaneta City.
He was later transferred to the Sacred Heart Hospital, Barangay San Vicente, Urdaneta City.
Police have conducted checkpoint and dragnet operations against the suspect.
Pangasinan police chief Police Col. Jeff E. Fanged said that an in-depth investigation on the incident is ongoing.