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Roxas City, Capiz — A barangay chairman, who assumed office in March, was shot dead by two men on a motorcycle yesterday noon in Quios village, Panitan town, 20 km from here.
Quios village chief Rolando Besorio suffered a gunshot wound in the head and was declared dead on arrival at the Bailan District Hospital in Pontevedra, Capiz, the police said.
SPO1 Nonoy Oficial of the Panitan Police Station, said the victim was driving the village's patrol multicab from the Panitan town proper when one of the two motorcycle-riding men shot him at close range.
The lone passenger, 60-year-old Aurora Deocampo, who was sitting at the back, was not harmed.
Deocampo said she could recognize the gunmen if she saw them again.
Deocampo said the assailants, both wearing black shirts, fled towards the nearby Maayon town.
Besorio, who was the number one barangay councilor, took over as village chief when Dante del Mindo died in a shootout at the dance hall of Quios village in the evening of Feb. 27.
A civilian, John Peonelo, also died during the shootout.
The police have launched manhunt against the two men.
