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B’gay exec, drunk killed in shootout

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August 22, 2005 | 12:00am
CAMP VICENTE LIM, La—guna — An attempt by a ba—rangay councilman to pacify two drunks who had fired a gun indiscriminately in Occi—dental Mindoro last Friday night resulted in a shootout that left two of them dead and the other wounded, the police said.

Reports reaching this police camp said businessman Alberto Balmes, 34, councilman of Barangay Caminawit, San Jose town, accosted Rebelito Bocalan and Roberto Serrano, who were both drunk, for firing a caliber .45 pistol.

During a verbal tussle, Balmes fired his gun, fatally hitting Bocalan. Serrano managed to fire back, killing the councilman. — Ed Amoroso

ALBERTO BALMES

BALMES

BARANGAY CAMINAWIT

BOCALAN

CAMP

COUNCILMAN

ED AMOROSO

MINDORO

OCCI

REBELITO BOCALAN AND ROBERTO SERRANO

SAN JOSE
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