10:51 AM
JAMES EGO
TAYTAY, Rizal – A lone gunman shot in the head a former barangay chairman of a lakeshore community known for yielding solid votes, and probers are eyeing the political angle, as the victim had recently joined the camp of the incumbent mayor.
Initial reports from the local police identified the casualty as 40-year old Avelino delas Alas, former chairman of Barangay Sta. Ana in this municipality east of Metro Manila.
Probers said he was supervising physical preparations for the feast of Sitio Lupang Arenda, when an unidentified man, armed with a .45 caliber hand gun, approached from behind and shot him once, hitting his nape. The suspect casually walked away and remains at large.
Village folk rushed the victim to the hospital but he was dead on arrival.
The victim had run for various local...
