CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Bantay, Ilocos Sur – A former Sangguniang Kabataan chairman from Caoayan, Ilocos Sur was gunned down on Quirino Boulevard here on his birthday on Monday afternoon, April 8.
MARION Tugade poses for a selfie hours before he was killed on his birth anniversary on Monday, April 8.
Police identified the victim as Marion Tugade, 27, a son of former Mayor Mario Tugade of Caoayan and a resident of Barangay Don Alejandro Quirolgico, Caoayan.
Initial investigation disclosed that the victim was driving a Sports Utility Vehicle with his girlfriend as passenger when unidentified gunmen onboard a motorcycle appeared and shot him in the face.
The suspects fled and the victim was taken to a hospital where he died.
Police are conducting follow-up operations.