4 robbers killed, cop wounded in Cavite shootout

MANILA, Philippines - Four suspected robbers were killed while a policeman was wounded during a shootout in Cavite, Friday afternoon.

 

Director Joselito Esquivel Jr. of the Cavite Provincial Police Office said they were still determining the identities of the slain suspects.

 

Esquivel said a fifth suspect managed to escape during the firefight.

 

Meanwhile, Police Officer 1 Ruben Cruzado of the Special Weapons and Tactics was hit in the arm and leg in the shootout.

 

Initial reports said that the five armed men, on board a Toyota Avanza, forcibly took a cigarette agent and two of his companions around 10:30 a.m. and hijacked the victims delivery van in Barangay Maguyam, Silang, Cavite.

 

Authorities, however, cornered the suspects and engaged them in a firefight inside Josephine Subdivision, Barangay Luksuhin, Silang town in Cavite at around 12:15 p.m. 

 

Police recovered from the suspects a  12 gauge shotgun, a carbine, a cal. 45 and a cal. 38 revolver, the Avanza, and  delivery van. 

 

The victims, whose hands and feet were wrapped in duct tape, were found at the back seat of suspects' vehicle.