TACLOBAN CITY-Unidentified gunmen onboard a gray color Ford Ranger Wildcard vehicle shot dead the municipal administrator of San Isidro town, Leyte, on Wednesday (May 8).
Based on a police report, Levi Mabini, 42, was on board of his motorcycle with a companion when the assailants open fired upon them several times when they reached a gas station at Barangay Capiñahan.
Mabini sustained multiple gunshot wounds on the different parts of his body which resulted to his instant death while his companion managed to escape.
The gunmen hit the victim’s companion Joseph Misa, 26, and another 19-year old bystander who were immediately brought to a hospital.
Police recovered four pieces empty shell M16, one piece empty shell 9mm, one unfired ammunition of Caliber 45 at the crime scene.
Personnel from San Isidro Municipal Police Station are conducting hot pursuit operation against the suspects.
(RONALD O. REYES)
