Police Inspector Felizardo Panaligan, chief of the investigations division of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Batangas City, identified the victim as Felix Hidalgo, 55 , Business Permit and Licensing Division chief of Batangas City.
Reports said that at around 12:15 a.m., the victim was drinking inside Eloisa KTV Bar and Restaurant when a lone gunman approached his table and shot him once in the head.
Hidalgo died on the spot after a bullet from a caliber .45 pistol pierced through his right temple and exited through his left temple.
The gunman escaped with two others aboard a motorcycle waiting just a few meters away from the bar and sped toward Barangay Balagtas.
Police are now eyeing two motives for the killing — love or job related.
Crime scene investigators recovered one empty shell and a slug from a caliber .45 pistol.