Police Staff Sergeant Idelfonso Casugod was jogging behind Pontevedra Mayor Jose Maria Alfonso and a town fire marshall, when he was shot in the head by an unidentified suspect at Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on Tuesday.
A policeman was shot dead while out on an early morning run in Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, local police said.
PCapt. Hancel Lumandaz of the Pontevedra police said Police Staff Sergeant Idelfonso Casugod was jogging behind Pontevedra Mayor Jose Maria Alfonso and a town fire marshall, when he was shot in the head by an unidentified suspect. A police report said the incident happened at 6 a.m. in Barangay 1-Poblacion. It did not mention if Casugod was the only intended target, or how close the assailant was when he shot the victim.
Lumandaz said Casugod was also an intelligence operative and that authorities are now looking into cases he previously handled.