SANTIAGO, Ilocos Sur – A barangay captain and ex-officio member of the municipal council and his daughter were shot and wounded in Barangay Butol here on Saturday afternoon, October 28.
POLICE forensics investigators comb the scene of a shooting incident involving a barangay chairman in Santiago, Ilocos Sur.
Police identified the victims as Ruben Elefante, 50, chairman of Barangay Gabao and president of the municipal Association of Barangay Chairpersons and running for kagawad or councilor in the barangay elections on Monday, October 30, and his daughter, Rubiemae, 21, student.Ruben sustained a bullet wound in the face and Rubiemae in the wrist. They were taken to a hospital in Candon City, this province.
Police are looking at politics as reason for the shooting as Ruben’s wife is running for chairman in the elections.
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