30 November 2005
Sta. Barbara village chief shot dead
CALASIAO--A barangay captain was shot and killed along the highway in
barangay Macabito here at 1:50 a.m. yesterday while going home aboard his own
motorcycle with a back-riding companion.
The fatality was identified as Jaime Bautista, 49, a widower, barangay captain of Balingueo in adjacent
Sta. Barbara town who sustained two gunshot wounds, one in the left part of his neck with the bullet exiting in his right face, and right thigh.
Bautista's companion Daniel Bacani, who was sitting behind the victim, saved himself by jumping from the motorcycle upon hearing the gunshots but was still injured in his left eyebrow and suffered bruises in different parts of his body.
Chief Inspector Policarpio Cayabyab, chief of police of Calasiao, said Bautista was fired upon by one of two men riding in another motorcycle who zoomed alongside their motorcycle before shooting Bautista at close range.
Bautista’s motorcycle zigzagged and plunged into a ricefield on the left side of the road.
The gunman used a Caliber .45 pistol based on an empty shell found by responding policemen at the crime scene.
Investigation showed Bautista and Bacani were proceeding to barangay Macabito proper where the latter was to be dropped, enroute to barangay Balingueo, when the incident happened. Both had come from the Pangasinan Cockpit Arena in Calasiao town where they attended a three-cock derby. Bacani had asked to ride with Bautista going home
The police theorized the gunmen may have trailed Bautista from the cockpit.
Cayabyab said Bautista's cadaver was brought to the Carmona Funeral Home in barangay San Miguel where autopsy was conducted. (PNA)
barangay Macabito here at 1:50 a.m. yesterday while going home aboard his own
motorcycle with a back-riding companion.
The fatality was identified as Jaime Bautista, 49, a widower, barangay captain of Balingueo in adjacent
Sta. Barbara town who sustained two gunshot wounds, one in the left part of his neck with the bullet exiting in his right face, and right thigh.
Bautista's companion Daniel Bacani, who was sitting behind the victim, saved himself by jumping from the motorcycle upon hearing the gunshots but was still injured in his left eyebrow and suffered bruises in different parts of his body.
Chief Inspector Policarpio Cayabyab, chief of police of Calasiao, said Bautista was fired upon by one of two men riding in another motorcycle who zoomed alongside their motorcycle before shooting Bautista at close range.
Bautista’s motorcycle zigzagged and plunged into a ricefield on the left side of the road.
The gunman used a Caliber .45 pistol based on an empty shell found by responding policemen at the crime scene.
Investigation showed Bautista and Bacani were proceeding to barangay Macabito proper where the latter was to be dropped, enroute to barangay Balingueo, when the incident happened. Both had come from the Pangasinan Cockpit Arena in Calasiao town where they attended a three-cock derby. Bacani had asked to ride with Bautista going home
The police theorized the gunmen may have trailed Bautista from the cockpit.
Cayabyab said Bautista's cadaver was brought to the Carmona Funeral Home in barangay San Miguel where autopsy was conducted. (PNA)
