TACLOBAN CITY – A barangay councilor running for barangay chairman in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections next month was shot and wounded in Sitio Naga, Barangay Consuegra, Leyte, Leyte on Thursday, September 7.
Police Capt. Rush Alvarado, Leyte, Leyte municipal police station chief, identified the victim as Junie dela Peña, 51, a resident of Barangay Tag-abaca, Leyte, Leyte.
Initial investigation disclosed that the victim, a candidate for chairman of Barangay Tag-abaca, was driving a center cab towards Barangay Tag-abaca with a passenger, Rosalia Gondong, on board.
The suspects suddenly appeared upon reaching Sitio Naga on board a truck from behind the center cab.
The truck overtook the center cab and two passengers clad in black jackets occupying the passenger seats fired and hit the victim in different parts of the body.
The victim was taken to a hospital in Ormoc City and fighting for his life as of posting time.