Chief Inspector Mario Alvarez, intelligence chief of the city police, said Honorio Adelantar, 64, a native of Alitagtag, Batangas, was attacked by motorcycle-riding men at about 7:30 a.m.
Adelantar died hours later at the Batangas Regional Hospital from gunshot wounds in the chest and abdomen.
Meanwhile, an accused and a witness in a robbery case were critically wounded when unidentified men shot them after attending a hearing at noon yesterday.
Police said the victim, accused Fredelino Cometa and witness Romulo de Torres, were about to step out of the court premises when they were shot with a caliber .45 pistol.
Cometa was hit in the back, and De Torres in the head.