CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga – A suspected member of a robbery group was killed while another was seriously wounded when they tried to shoot it with policemen in front of a hotel in Barangay Anunas, Angeles City late Tuesday afternoon (Feb. 18).
Colonel Joselito E. Villarosa Jr., Angeles City Police Office director said the suspects were riding on a black motorcycle (Yamaha Aerox) with no plate number when they were spotted by a team of policemen from the City Intelligence Unit and Police Station 4 roaming the “hotspots” of Korean Town, a place in Angeles City where a number of snatching incidents occur for the past few weeks.
Villarosa said a team of policemen were immediately dispatched to Korean Town after receiving an information from the Angeles City Command Center that two suspicious individuals on a board a motorcycle were roaming the said area.
Acting swiftly, police operatives flagged down the suspects, however instead of stopping the back-rider pulled a gun and tried to shot the cops but his firearm malfunctioned. At this instance the operatives retaliated killing the driver and injuring the back-rider.
Police identified the injured suspect as a certain “Alex” of Magalang, Pampanga. On the other hand investigators still verifying the identity of the slain suspect including their relationship with other criminal groups in the city and nearby areas.
Members of the PNP’s Scene of the Crime Operative (SOCO) arrived at the crime scene and recovered a US Colt Caliber 45 Pistol with a partially defaced serial number, a magazine loaded with six live rounds of ammunition, a chamber-loaded live round and a fired bullet of the gun.
Brigadier General Jean S. Fajardo, director of Police Regional Office 3 lauded the ACPO operatives for a swift response which resulted to the neutralization of the suspects.
In a related development, Angeles City Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin said that the enhanced city’s CCTV surveillance system is a big boost in combatting criminal activities in the city.
Lazatin said the advance features of CCTV surveillance system installed at the city command center of Angeles City hall helps crime prevention and resolution as manifested in last Tueaday neutralization of two suspected robbers in Barangay Anunas. (UnliNews Online)
