Gunman executes cop in front of wife

PIKIT, North Cotabato -- Unidentified gunman shot dead a police officer here in front of his wife early Monday morning.
Chief Inspector Bryan Placer, Pikit municipal police station chief, identified the victim as Police Officer 2 Abeking Dandan, assigned with the Pikit PNP investigation section.
Placer said Dandan was with his wife walking from police station toward the town public market when the suspect arrived and opened fire on him at about 4:10 a.m.
Dandan, a relative of former police chief of Pikit, sustained multiple gunshot wounds and died on the spot.

Placer said the wife was unharmed but stunned by the incident.

It was not clear whether Dandan was armed or not.