Gov’t employee-writer shot dead in Pangasinan

SAN JACINTO, Pangasinan – An employee of the local government here was shot dead by a still unidentified gunman early Tuesday morning. San Jacinto Police Chief Maj. Edgar Allan Serquina identified the victim as Ofelia Castillo, 56, a resident of Barangay San Jose.
    She was the town’s head of the Human Resource (HR) department, and was a former news writer at a local radio station in Pangasinan.

Serquina said that, at around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Castillo was on the way to work on a tricycle driven by her son when a still unidentified man onboard a scooter tailed them and shot her.

Two gun shots were heard, with one hitting the victim in the head.

Castillo was immediately rushed to the hospital where she was declared dead on-arrival.

Serquina said the suspect then escaped through a road going toward Manaoag, or Pozorrubio towns.

The police are currently investigating the crime scene and backtracking closed-circuit television camera footage in the area.