By Ronron
March 27, 2008
An active and a former cop were killed while another one was hurt in a shootout incident Wednesday afternoon in Cavite province, an official said Thursday.
Sr. Supt. Fidel Posadas, provincial police chief, said the incident happened starting 4:30 pm of March 26 in Sitio Lingat, Barangay Litlit, Silang town.
Posadas said elements of the Silang Municipal Police Station, backed by elements of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Special Action Force (SAF), were responding to a shooting incident earlier that afternoon when they came under fire.
According to Posadas, a shooting incident first happened at said barangay before 4:30 pm, involving brothers Julian and Nick Lauriles as suspects.
The brothers allegedly shot dead a certain Avelino Ruiz, who is a caretaker of a land that is being claimed by the Lauriles family.
Posadas said Julian is a former police officer, with a rank of PO3, who was dismissed from the service due to a grave offense.
When police received a report about the killing of Ruiz, personnel from Silang PNP and the SAF rushed to the scene to respond.
“But the troops were ambushed by the Lauriles brothers as they were approaching their houses. So our troops fired back,” Posadas said.
He said the Lauriles brothers were armed with long firearms like M16 and carbines.
The firefight left Julian and PO2 Jimmy Tobias of the SAF killed, and PO1 Abelardo Maala of the Silang PNP wounded.
Nick, unfortunately, managed to escape, said Posadas. But manhunt operation against him is ongoing./DMS
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