Mayor's son wanted for shooting councilor

BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya ,Philippines  – A son of a Cagayan mayor is now the subject of a manhunt for allegedly shooting a councilor of Gonzaga town.

Senior Inspector Santos Tecbobolan Jr., chief of police of Gonzaga where the incident reportedly took place, identified the suspect as Jay Pentecostes, a son of Mayor Carlito Pentecostes.

The young Pentecostes allegedly shot Wilson Puyaoan at the latter’s residence in Barangay Calayan, also in Gonzaga.

Reports said Puyaoan and his son Wilmer were attending to their workers who were building a fence, when the suspect arrived and told them to stop. Pentecostes was said to have fired at Puyaoan but missed, after which he fled on board his Pajero.

“The suspect could face a possible case of frustrated murder,” Tecbobolan said.

The mayor said he has yet to get full details on what actually happened. “I was only informed of the incident involving my son and the son of (councilor) Puyaoan… Councilor Puyaoan is not involved here, according to information,” he said.

Only last month, another of Pentecostes’ sons, barangay councilman Jongi Pentecostes, was nabbed by agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in a buy-bust operation in Tuguegarao City.