AG&P executive gunned down

Batangas, Philippines   â€“ A 58-year-old manager of Atlantic Gulf and Pacific Co. (AG&P) was shot dead by motorcycle-riding men in Bauan town last Tuesday morning, authorities said.

The victim, Epher Victorio, general services manager of AG&P, was on his way to work aboard his van when he was waylaid along the national highway in Barangay San Roque, Bauan town. He was rushed to the Bauan Doctors Hospital but later died due to multiple gunshot wounds.

Police recovered six spent shells from a .45-caliber pistol at the ambush site. Probers were still clueless on the killing.