Bauan,
Batangas—On the way back to work at the municipal hall, this town’s 72-year-old
former vice-mayor was ambushed and shot in the head by riding-in-tandem
gunmen on Friday morning. He died in the hospital 8 hours later.
According to
the Bauan's police chief, Superintendent Renato Mercado, the former vice mayor
Julio Magboo Cruzat, a resident of Brgy. Baguilawa, sustained a
bullet wound in the head that caused his death.
Initial
investigations revealed that Cruzat was on board his Toyota Revo with plate no.
WLU-999 and was on his way to work in the municipal hall when he was waylaid by
the suspects upon reaching Brgy. Manghinao at around 8:30 a.m.
Cruzat was
rushed to Bauan Doctors Hospital and was placed under critical condition but
later died due to multiple organ failure.
Police have
yet to determine the motive of the shooting and the suspects behind the assassination
of the former vice mayor.
The Batangas
police have conducted a manhunt operation against the suspects. (Mei Magsino, SLI)
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