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Quezon councilor shot dead

Emmanuel Tupas - The Philippine Star

MANILA, Philippines — A municipal councilor was gunned down in Dolores, Quezon yesterday.

Orlando Barsomo, 47, was jogging in Barangay Dagatan at around 3:15 a.m. when he was shot, police said.

Probers said an unidentified man approached Barsomo and shot him several times.

The victim died at the scene. The suspect fled on foot toward an unknown direction.

Police have yet to determine the motive for the killing.

Barsomo was the chairperson of the committees on rules, legal matters and ethics as well as budget, finance and appropriations of the municipal council.

He was on his third term as a councilor.

Barsomo was chairman of Barangay Dagatan from 2005 to 2012.

ORLANDO BARSOMO

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