A former barangay chairman who has filed for candidacy for vice mayor in the 2025 midterm elections was shot dead in Tantangan, South Cotabato.

Former Barangay Bukay Pait Chairman, Jose Osorio, was found lifeless inside the kitchen of his eatery morning on Monday, November 18, 2024.

Police said some neighbors heard gunshots evening on Sunday, but they just ignored it. The victim’s wife was also sleeping at their house behind the eatery at that time.

Authorities recovered six empty shells of an undetermined firearm from the crime scene.

The family has yet to issue a statement, as of this writing.

Investigators are looking into personal grudge as possible motive in the killing.

“Ang initial na nakikita naming motibo ay personal. However, hindi naman natin binalewala ang ibang anggulo pa. For further investigation pa naman ito,” Tantangan Municipal Police Station Chief, Major Erica Vallejo, said.