BACOLOD CITY – A former barangay captain was gunned down in Barangay Patun-an, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, March 18.
Police withheld the name of the 64-year-old victim.
A 64-year-old former barangay captain was killed in a gun attack in Barangay Patun-an, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, March 18. (Photo courtesy of Calatrava Municipal Police Station)
Police Lt. Col. Wilfredo Benoman Jr., Calatrava police chief, said the victim, of Barangay Macasilao, Calatrava, was onboard a passenger jeepney on her way to San Carlos City, Negros Occidental when two unidentified persons shot her in the head.
Benoman said the victim was declared dead in a hospital.
A 19-year-old man sitting beside her was wounded by a stray bullet in the shoulder and recuperating in a hospital.
Recovered from the crime scene were two fired 9mm cartridge cases and a deformed fired bullet.
Benoman said that the victim was barangay captain of Macasilao from 2007 to 2010.
He said that they are looking into land conflict as possible motive in the killing. She was an owner of several pieces of land, including a sugarcane plantation.