BANGUED, Abra – Police arrested a suspect who shot dead a village chief here and wounded his treasurer Wednesday morning, police said.
Police identified the suspect as Redgie Timbreza who was nabbed four hours after the shooting in his house in Dolores town.
Another suspect, Rodel Pilor, is still being hunted.
Bong Medina, 35, chairman of Barangay Macray and village treasurer Joseph Barbero, 31, were at a waiting shed with other residents when armed men fired at them.
Senior Supt. Armando Laguiwid, Abra police director, said Medina was shot below the navel and died at the Seares Memorial Hospital.
A bullet wounded Barbero in the back and is recuperating in the same hospital.
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