Five alleged car thieves belonging to a syndicate based in Metro Manila and Baguio City were killed in a shootout with policemen after they ignored a checkpoint along the national road in Barangay Nancayasan in this city early on Sunday.
Senior Supt. Ronald Oliver-Lee, police provincial director, identified four of the suspects as Jomay delos Santos of Barangay Misalipit, San Miguel Bulacan; Ronnie Chico of Arcenas, San Miguel, Bulacan; Arnold Pilo-Badera of Purok 2, Basa Trento, Agusan del Sur; and Gilbert Bacuna-Fiomico of 4929 Durian Street, Santa Mesa, Manila.
The fifth suspect remained unidentified.
According to Lee, the five suspects were responsible for several unsolved car thefts, robberies and hijacks in Region 4A (Calabarzon), National Capitla Region (Metro Manila), Region 3 (Central Luzon), Region I (Ilocos Region) and Cordillera Administrative Region.
Lee told the Manila Times that before the shootout, the suspects were spotted along MacArthur Highway in Baguio City in a silver Toyota Innova (NRQ 496) near their alleged hideout.
Police then coordinated with various police stations in La Union and Pangasinan to put up a checkpoint along the national road going to Manila for possible apprehension of the suspects.
However, instead of stopping, the suspects sped away and ignored the checkpoint.
The policemen tailed the vehicle until they cornered the suspects in a rice field in Barang Nancalobasaan in Urdaneta City.
They asked the suspects to surrender but soon led to a shootout after the suspects refused and started shooting at them.
The shootout left the five suspect dead.
Source: Manila Times
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