Pangasinan town mayor shot dead

Assassinated Infanta Mayor Ruperto Martinez

PIA-1/PANGASINAN: Mayor Ruperto Martinez of Infanta, Pangasinan was shot dead with a 45 cal pistol at 3:30pm Saturday right in front of his house by two unidentified gunmen. Martinez sustained two gunshots, neck and breast. 
Martinez, who is in his last term as town mayor, is running as vice-mayor with incumbent vice-mayor Vir Vallarta as his mayoralty running mate. 
 The other angle being looked by authorities is his involvement on allowing a mining site to operate in his town.
Suspects are still at large