Second barangay official in Mangaldan killed in two months
ANOTHER barangay official in Mangaldan town was shot dead last week.
Romeo ‘Pudong’ del Campo, 44, the number one kagawad of Barangay Guilig was shot dead while in the company of his family onboard the family car.
Investigation by the Mangaldan PNP reveals Del Campo was with his live-in partner Irene de Guzman, 46, their six-year-old daughter, and their driver Percival de Guzman, 33, on board a green Honda CRV traversing the road of Barangay Salay when a lone gunman approached and shot him in the neck.
The suspect, later identified to be Deo Gapulao Quilan, 30, a resident of Candelaria, Quezon Province, immediately fled using a motorcycle.
On seeing Del Campo shot, De Guzman rear-ended suspect in a brief chase in Barangay Salay. The gunman fell down, but got up again and fled.
The town police conducted a hot-pursuit operation against the suspect that resulted in Quilan being collared in Barangay Tempra-Guilig in adjacent San Fabian town.
While the police were chasing Quilan, Del Campo was rushed to the hospital, but was declared dead on arrival.
Probers at the crime scene recovered the cal. 45 pistol used by Quilan in killing Del Campo, Police are still searching for another pistol that Quilan, used in shooting the chasing policemen.
P/LtCol Roldan Cabatan, Mangaldan chief of police, said Quilan remains silent on the details on who was the mastermind and why he killed Del Campo.
Irene, Del Campo’s partner, said he didn’t mention of any threats from anyone, and said she is determined to seek justice for her partner’s death. Police are still investigating possible motives behind the murder of Del Campo.
Barangay chairman of Poblacion, Mangaldan was shot dead last December 7, 2023. (Ahikam Pasion).
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