OFW shot dead at neighbor’s wake

VILLASIS, Pangasinan, Philippines  â€“ A vacationing overseas Filipino worker (OFW) was shot dead while his companion was wounded as they were attending the wake of a neighbor in Barangay Barangobong on Sunday.

Raymund Mata, 34, died from a gunshot to the head, while Richard Morales was rushed to the Sacred Heart Hospital in Urdaneta City for treatment of a bullet wound in the neck.

Reports said the victims were reportedly trying to pacify a group of quarreling men, which allegedly irked the suspect, identified as Romulo Gajes.

Mata and Morales decided to leave the place, but Gajes reportedly pulled out a gun and shot them. 

The suspect escaped after the killing.