A GOVERNMENT employee was killed in a gun attack in the province of Zamboanga del Sur Wednesday, May 29, 2019.

Rico Lipalam, 40, a utility worker of Tambulig municipal government, was shot dead by an unidentified gunman while he was drinking coffee at the terrace in his mother’s house in Barangay Pelocuban, Tambulig at around 8:40 p.m. Wednesday.

Police Major Helen Galvez, Police Regional Office Zamboanga Peninsula information officer, said Lipalam sustained three gunshot wounds. He failed to reach the hospital alive.

Investigation is ongoing, Galvez said. (Bong Garcia/SunStar Philippines)