The suspect in the death of a barangay chairman in Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental, has been charged for murder.
         
Senior Inspector John Joel Batus-Batusan, Salvador Benedicto police chief, said they filed murder charges against Bobby Eden Monday before the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office of Negros Occidental.
         
Kumaliskis barangay captain Edwin Peruelo, 35, succumbed to three gunshots fired by a lone gunman on March 30.
         
Three empty shells, believed to be those of a .45 caliber pistol, were recovered at the crime scene by Salvador Benedicto policemen, who responded to the incident.

Peruelo was attending the highlights of their barangay fiesta, when he was shot in the back at the barangay plaza, investigations of the Salvador Benedicto police showed.*GPB

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