A POLICE official in Eastern Visayas was wounded in a gun attack Tuesday morning, October 23, in Barangay Buri, Palo, Leyte.
Police Senior Inspector Jovel Young, 39, was shot by still unidentified gunmen outside his house around 7:10 a.m. Tuesday. He was with his two children inside a vehicle when the attack happened.
“Our initial investigation showed that the unknown gunmen were onboard a white van and grey-colored Fortuner vehicle,” Chief Inspector Joemen Collado, chief of Palo municipal police station, told SunStar Philippines.