Barangay exec shot dead in Pangasinan

MANGATAREM, Pangasinan  - Motorcycle-riding gunmen killed a barangay official in an ambush here night of Oct. 21.

Chief Insp. Fidel Junio, Mangatarem police's acting chief, identified the fatality as Oscar Viray, 53, a retired Navy man and secretary of Barangay Dorongan Sawat.

Junio said that Viray was driving his motorcycle when he was ambushed by motorcycle-riding gunmen at the approach of the Caantalan Bridge in Barangay Dorongan Punta.

Initial investigation showed the victim was riding a tricycle on his way home when the shooting occurred.

The victim, who was hit in different parts of the body, was rushed to the Mangatarem District Hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival.

Six spent shells and a slug for a caliber 9mm pistol were recovered at the crime scene.