Ilocos mayor hunted for cop’s killing

BADOC, Ilocos Norte — The mayor of this southernmost Ilocos Norte town is being sought for allegedly fatally shooting a policeman, who once served as his bodyguard, last Saturday.

Eyewitnesses tagged second-termer Mayor Tomas Torralba as the one who gunned down SPO1 Alex Dacosa during a wake.

Torralba was with a group identified with Vice Mayor Glenn Cajigal when the mayor, followed by his bodyguards, arrived.

Torralba and Dacosa reportedly had a verbal tussle, afterwhich the mayor allegedly drew his caliber .45 pistol and shot the policeman several times. — Teddy Molina