Batangas town exec gunned down

CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna, Philippines – A town councilor was killed while his wife survived in an attack by motorcycle-riding men in Tuy, Batangas yesterday morning.

Armando Hernandez suffered two gunshot wounds and was rushed to a hospital, where he died while being treated, said Senior Inspector Gaylor Pagala, town police chief.

Police placed Hernandez’s wife under protective custody.

Investigators recovered five bullet shells for a 9mm pistol from the crime scene.

Initial investigation showed the Hernandezes were on their way home from church when two men on a motorcycle waylaid them at around 9 a. m.

Police said the assailants could have been tailing the couple’s car and shot at them upon reaching a bridge in Barangay Bolbok.