SHOOTING INCIDENT. Investigators are processing the scene of the crime following the shooting of the Public Order and Safety Office officer-in-charge in Calasiao town in Pangasinan on Tuesday (Feb.16, 2021). The victim was shot by still unidentified motorcycle-riding suspects. (Photo courtesy of Jerick James Pasiliao)
CALASIAO, Pangasinan – The officer-in-charge of this town’s Public Order and Safety Office was shot dead by still unidentified suspects early Tuesday morning.
In an interview, Pangasinan Police Provincial Office information officer Maj. Arturo Melchor II identified the victim as Reynaldo Bugayong, 54, a resident of Barangay Dinalaoan in this town.
Bugayong was on his way to work onboard his motorcycle when he was waylaid by four suspects on board two motorcycles, he said.
The victim was shot several times by the suspects who immediately fled to unknown directions.
As of this posting, police officers are still investigating at the crime scene.
Melchor said they have yet to determine the possible motives of the suspects in killing Bugayong. (PNA)
