Barangay councilor killed, ex-vice mayor wounded in Batangas shootings

BATANGAS — A barangay councilor was shot dead while a former vice mayor is in critical condition in separate shooting incidents in Batangas Saturday evening, police said.

Romel Luancing, councilor of Barangay Antipolo del Sur in Lipa City, was declared dead on the spot when he was shot by motorcycle-riding gunmen while talking to his co-councilor in their barangay around 6:30 p.m.

Meanwhile, Ferdinand Ramos, former vice mayor of Sto. Tomas, Batangas, was on his way home when he was ambushed in Barangay 2 in Sto. Tomas around 7:25 p.m.

Ramos was rushed to the nearest hospital after sustaining a bullet wound in his face.

He served as vice mayor of Sto. Tomas from 2013 to 2016.

Police have yet to determine the motive and personalities behind the shootings.