BANGUED, Abra—A municipal councilor and two other individuals were injured after they were fired upon by a still-unidentified gunman in front of a bar along Magallanes St., Zone V, here Saturday night.
Senior Superintendent Antonio Bartolome, provincial director of the Abra Provincial Police Office, identified the wounded individuals as Allen Brix Lopez Bachiller, councilor of this town, and his brother, Angelo Lopez Bachiller. Both are residents of Zone 5 in Bangued.
The other injured individual is 12-year-old Benjie Balaoro of the same town.
Initial police investigation showed the brothers went to a bar to fetch Angelo’s girlfriend. Before they boarded their vehicle, the gunman, on board a motorcycle, appeared and fired at them numerous times.
Balaoro was standing nearby and was also hit.
The three were rushed to the Seares Memorial Hospital for medical treatment but Councilor Bachiller was transferred to the Lorma Medical Center in San Fernando City, La Union for further medical attention.
Councilor Bachiller sustained multiple gunshot wounds on the different parts of his body, Angelo sustained lone gunshot wound on his thigh while Balaoro was hit by a stray bullet and sustained a lone gunshot wound on his right leg.
The Scene of the Crime Operation (Soco) team recovered from the crime scene seven fired cartridge cases of Caliber .45 and three live ammunition of Caliber 32.
The suspect immediately fled the scene. Investigators are still identifying the motive for the shooting.