Manila, April 23 -- A councilor of Escalante City, Negros Occidental succumbed to injuries after he was shot by an unidentified motorcycle-riding man on his way home from a campaign sortie on Monday afternoon.
Bernardino Patigas Sr., 72, who was seeking a second term in the May 13 elections, was on board a motorcycle when the gunman waylaid him in Barangay Alimango at around 4:30 p.m.
Capt. Ronald Santillan, deputy city police chief, said in a radio interview on Monday night that the assailant tailed Patigas, who was traveling from the city proper.
When they reached the area in front of a school, the gunman shot the official from behind, he added.
Patigas died there and then from a fatal head injury and other gunshot wounds.
The assail...