Pasuquin barangay captain shot, killed

PASUQUIN, Ilocos Norte -- A village chairman was shot dead here night of Dec. 9.

Zosimo Corpuz of Barangay Sta. Catalina was on his way home after attending a lantern parade in Barangay 20 when motorcycle-riding men fired at him, said Chief Insp. Dexter Corpuz, Ilocos Sur police spokesman. Corpuz died at the scene.

Sources said the fatality was a witness to the killing of Steve Barreiro, a columnist for a local newspaper, last year.