TALAVERA, Nueva Ecija -- A 61-year-old village chief in this progressive municipality was killed by a still unidentified gunman at around 10:40 p.m. Sunday.
Col. Alexie Desamito, town police chief, on Monday identified the victim as Arniel Bernardo, chair of Barangay San Ricardo here.
“He was riding a bicycle 'when successively shot' by the suspect/s upon reaching the gate of his residence,” he said.
The village chief died on the spot.
Desamito said a follow-up investigation on the killing is now being conducted.
"The possible motive of the killing has yet to be established," the town police chief said. (PNA)
