Lt. Col. Danilo Servando, Armed Forces spokesman, said Mayor Victor Elipe of Tagana-an town, was shot twice in the chest. Stray bullets hit councilors Alejandro Jusain and Salvador Casundo.
Servando said the victims were attending a Christmas party inside a multi-purpose hall in Barangay Azucena when the gunman casually approached and shot Elipe using a caliber .45 pistol. Paolo Romero, Ben Serrano and Jaime Laude