BATANGAS (Updated 10 a.m.) —
Tanauan City, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili, who has started the walk of shame
campaign for suspected drug pushers and users, was shot dead by an unknown
gunman during a flag raising ceremony in his city Monday.
A Facebook live video of the flag-raising
ceremony revealed the mayor and city hall employees halfway done singing the
national anthem "Lupang Hinirang" when one gunshot rang causing a
turmoil.
Tanauan City Public Information
Officer Gerry Laresma, who was taking the live video, said they were about
to finish singing the national anthem when they heard the gunshot that hit
Halili around 8:10 a.m.
Halili was declared dead on arrival at CP
Reyes Hospital after sustaining a single gunshot wound on his chest, the
Batangas Police Provincial Office said.
In a radio interview, Calabarzon police chief
Superintendent Edward Carranza said Halili could have been shot by a sniper.
Halili was declared dead on arrival at CP
Reyes Hospital after sustaining a single gunshot wound on his chest, the
Batangas Police Provincial Office said.
In a radio interview, Calabarzon police chief
Superintendent Edward Carranza said Halili could have been shot by a sniper.
"We immediately formed a task force to
handle the case," Carranza said.
Laresma said the mayor had been continuously
receiving death threats after launching an intensive crackdown on drugs in the
city.
He was known for parading alleged drug
personalities around the city while bearing a sign or wearing shirts
identifying them as drug pushers.
Halili was also stripped from police control
after alleged links to the drug trade which he had vehemently denied.
ACTUAL VIDEO FOOTAGE NG PAGBARIL KAY
TANAUAN, BATANGAS MAYOR TONY HALILI
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