3 hold-up men killed in shoot-out with Ecija cops, 1 wounded

by Jason de Asis on Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at 12:01pm

SCIENCE CITY OF MUNOZ, Nueva Ecija January 18, 2011 – Three suspected hold-uppers were killed while another of their cohort was wounded in a shoot-out with policemen who foiled an attempt to hold-up a businesswoman here Monday night.

 

Police Supt. Jonathan Cabal, police station commander, identified the slain hold-up men as Rolando Rotol, Ricardo Cutang and  Alberto Quintog, all of the Amihan Group based inCabanatuan City. They all died on-the-spot from gunshot wounds.

 

Cabal said a fourth unidentified suspect was wounded.

 

Cabal said the shoot-out erupted at around 7 pm Monday when elements of the Munoz police encountered the armed suspects who were boarded on a tricycle and on their way to Barangay Bical. Their presence was tipped off by a civilian informant.

 

“Based on our intelligence information, the group was set to rob a wealthy businesswoman in Bical so we conducted patrol operations to pre-empt their plan,”

 

Cabal said the group was involved in several incidents of robbery-holdup and akyat-bahay heists in San Miguel, Bulacan; Gapan City, Cabanatuan City and other major urban centers.he said.

 

Police recovered from the encounter scene two caliber 38 revolvers, one caliber 22 pistol, one caliber 45 revolver and a grenade. (Jason de Asis)



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