Former village chair and incumbent councilman Ronald Castillo. Socmed photo.
CABANATUAN CITY – A village councilman and husband of the incumbent chair was gunned down by riding-in-tandem suspects in front of the barangay hall in Magsaysay Sur here at about 7:50 p.m. Monday.
Police identified the victim as Ronald Castillo, 51, husband of chair Jacqueline Castillo of the said village.
Witnesses said the victim, himself a former village chief, was talking to a local peacekeeper by the roadside when the suspects arrived and shot the victim repeatedly using a short firearm.
The suspects were described only as both wearing white t-shirts.
The victim was rushed to nearby Wesleyan Hospital but was declared dead upon arrival by an attending physician, police said.
“The suspects immediately fled onboard a motorcycle heading towards north,” police reported.
The incident occurred a few weeks after the national and local elections and as the country prepares for the December barangay and sangguniang kabataan elections.
Police have yet to establish the motive behind the killing.
