Man shot dead after attending court hearing

CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija, Philippines — A man was killed in a gun attack after attending a court hearing in Nueva Ecija on Tuesday.

Reports reaching Col. Jess Mendez, Nueva Ecija police director, identified the victim as Roderico de Leon.

Police said De Leon was in a tricycle on his way home after attending a land dispute hearing at the Regional Trial Court Branch 40 in Palayan City when he was shot by motorcycle-riding men. The shooting occurred along the bypass road in Barangay Soledad in Sta. Rosa town.