Former PNP chaplain shot by men riding in tandem in Calamba

A priest who was a former director of the the Philippine National Police Chaplain Service was shot on Wednesday morning by men riding in tandem in Calamba City, Laguna.

Calamba Police chief Superintendent Rossel Cejas said that Rey Urmeneta, 64, was with his personal secretary when he was shot around 9:40 a.m. at the back of Laguna College of Business and Arts in Barangay 3 in Calamba City.

The two male suspects immediately fled to an unknown direction and remain unidentified, police said.

Urmeneta sustained gunshot wounds on his left upper back and left arm. He was brought to the Calamba Medical Center and was said to be in stable condition. —JST, GMA News