BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraqi police say gunmen have killed a member of President Jalal Talabani's political party in a drive-by shooting in the northern city of Kirkuk.

Police Brigadier Ahmed Hawandi said the official killed Monday was a member of Talabani's Kurdish party, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.

Hawandi says the gunmen chased a car carrying Subhi Hassan and two others after it passed through a checkpoint before firing at it. He says Hassan and his bodyguard were killed, and a third unidentified person was wounded.