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Los Baños, Laguna mayor dies after being shot in town hall

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/03/15/20190315-caesar-perez.jpg"/><figcaption>Mayor Caesar Perez of Los Baños, Laguna. <em>Photo from Municipal Government of Los Baños Facebook page/file</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA <strong>(UPDATE) </strong>- The mayor of Los Baños, Laguna died after he was shot inside the municipal hall compound Thursday night, police said.</p><p>Investigation said Los Baños Mayor Caesar Perez just got back from a spa in Brgy. Baybayin when unidentified gunmen shot him at the back of his head at the town hall building around 8:40 p.m.</p><p>The gunmen later fled the scene.</p><p>The mayor was rushed to the hospital, where he was declared dead by the attending doctor around 9:25 p.m. </p><p>Perez was 66. </p><p>Last year, he was included in the Duterte administration&#x27;s list of politicians with alleged links to illegal drugs.</p><p>Perez denied any involvement in the illegal drug trade and blasted the release of the list as &quot;unfair&quot; and politically motivated.</p><p>&quot;Yan ay politically motivated kasi 2017 pa nag-start yang rumor na yan na ako ay kasama sa drugs so inignore ko lang yan kasi alam ko na hindi totoo yan,&quot; he told ANC in 2019.<strong>--With reports from Zhander Cayabyab, ABS-CBN news</strong></p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/15/19/reelectionist-los-baos-mayor-blames-politics-for-inclusion-in-drug-list">Reelectionist Los Baños mayor blames politics for inclusion in drug list</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dHQWeOMjZhw?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>MANILA (UPDATE)- The mayor of Los Baños, Laguna died after he was shot inside the municipal hall compound Thursday night, police said.<br /> </p>

MANILA (UPDATE)- The mayor of Los Baños, Laguna died after he was shot inside the municipal hall compound Thursday night, police said.