TALAVERA, Nueva Ecija – A 61-year-old village chief from this progressive municipality was killed by still unidentifi ed gunman at around 10:40 p.m. Sunday.
Police said Arniel Bernardo, chair of Barangay San Ricardo here, was riding a bicycle “when successively shot” by the suspect/s upon reaching the gate of his residence.
He died on the spot, according to the police report. He reportedly sustained at least four gunshot wounds from unspecified caliber of a handgun.
Bernardo was the second village chief to have been killed after the May 13 midterm elections.
On May 21, Barangay chair Beato Pascua of Ganaderia, Palayan City was gunned down right at the doorstep of his house.
A suspect in Pascua’s slay was later arrested but the motive and the brains have yet to be established.
Col. Alexie Desamito, town police chief, said follow up investigation is being conducted. “Possible motive of the killing is yet to be established,” she said.
