PIDDIG, Ilocos Norte – An employee of the municipal government here was tagged as suspect in the shooting and wounding of two motorcyclists from Sarrat, Ilocos Norte, a police report stated.

Senior Inspector Teddy Rosqueta, Piddig police chief, said that the suspect drove a motorcycle and shot the victims identified as Jasper Aquino, 29, and his cousin Clifford Crisostomo, 21.

The victims, also riding a motorcycle, had just come from the wake of a relative in Barangay Lioeng when they were attacked.

Meanwhile, construction worker Michael Padaca expressed remorse over his act of shooting and wounded his father Ruben Padaca during a quarrel in their house in Barangay Lioeng, this town.

The victim lost three front teeth when a bullet fired from a caliber .45 pistol pierced his mouth, investigators said.