VILLASIS, Pangasinan, Philippines – 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.