La Union village official shot dead

By Jerry Padilla

SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – A barangay councilman in Bacnotan town was gunned down on Tuesday afternoon by motorcycle-riding men while seated at a waiting shed along the Diversion Road in Barangay Bangcusay here.

Senior Supt. Ramon Purugganan, La Union police director, said Carlos Balanon, 51, councilman of Barangay Burayuc, Bacnotan town, died on the spot from a bullet wound in the forehead from a .45-caliber pistol.