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Date: 19 June 2010
Source: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20100620-276615/Former-police-officer-shot-dead-in-Lipa-City
BATANGAS CITY—An unidentified gunman shot dead a retired policeman at P. Torres street, village 6, Lipa City Saturday afternoon, police said Sunday.
Senior Superintendent Alberto Supapo, Batangas police director identified the victim as Edgardo Lupac, 56, and a resident of Lipa.
Investigation showed that at about 4:20 p.m., Lupac had just alighted from a stainless owner-type jeep when he was shot at close range by the gunman.
The killer fled on board a black motorcycle with another rider.
The policeman was dead on the spot after suffering a lone bullet wound at the back of his head.
Recovered from the crime scene was an empty shell for a .45-caliber pistol.