Mindoro cop chief killed

CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Six unidentified men gunned down the police chief of Abra de Ilog, Occidental Mindoro while on his way to a barbershop yesterday morning.

The Mimaropa police command said SPO4 Christopher Pacaul died on the spot from multiple bullet wounds from caliber .45 pistols.

The gunmen fled on foot toward the mountainous area of Sitio Atipan, taking along Pacaul’s .9-mm service pistol.

Inspector Marlon Oloan was named acting chief of the Abra de Ilog police. — Arnell Ozaeta