Published December 22, 2020, 11:26 AM
BACOLOD CITY – A police officer assigned to the intelligence section was gunned down by unidentified motorcycle-riding gunmen in front of the town mayor at the Reclamation area in Barangay 1-Poblacion, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on Tuesday.
Policemen check the crime scene at Barangay 1- Poblacion, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental, where an intelligence officer was shot dead by unidentified perpetrators on Tuesday. (Photo courtesy of Eden Aboso)
Killed was Staff Sgt. Ildefonso Casugod, 37, of Barangay Recreo. He was assigned to Pontevedra Municipal Police Station.
Capt. Hancel Lumandaz, town police chief, said Casugod was biking in the area when he saw Mayor Jose Maria Alonso and decided to approach the mayor. However, one of the two perpetrators shot Casugod.
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