Friday, March 25, 2011

Former vice mayor killed in ambush

Alitagtag, Batangas - - - Just a few minutes after taking his wife to work, former vice mayor Noriel Salazar was killed in an ambush while driving his car along Poblacion East, this town on Wednesday morning.

According to Alitagtag Police investigators, two armed men riding in tandem aboard an unlicensed motorcycle ambushed Salazar at about 8:45 a,m. One of the suspects got off the motorcycle and shot him in the head. The suspects fled toward Brgy. Pinagkrusan Junction, Alitagtag.

Salazar, 49, a resident of Brgy. San Jose in this town, was a former vice mayor of this town, was immediately identified by witnesses and was taken to the Taal Polymedic Hospital. He was pronounced dead by attending physicians at about 11: 45.

The Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO) recovered one slug from a calibre .45 pistol from the crimescene.

The police has already conducted follow up operations to track the suspects.

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