Pangasinan BIR official shot dead

URDANETA CITY – The chief examiner of the Bureau of Internal Revenue in this city was gunned down in front of this house night of March 4. 

Jose Labonete, 46, was shot three times with a .9mm pistol, said Supt. PaquitoNavarette, city police chief. 

The suspects reportedly had a drinking session near Labonete’s house at City Homes Subdivision in Barangay Nancayasan, Urdaneta City to wait for the victim’s arrival, Navarette said. 

Investigators found four shells and a slug of a  .9mm pistol at the scene. 

Police are still investigating the motive for the ambush.