NCRPO to honor police killed by riding-in-tandem suspects

MANILA, Philippines—The National Capital Region Police Office will honor a Manila Police District officer who was killed by riding-in-tandem suspects in Manila over the weekend, a report from Radyo Inquirer 990AM said Tuesday.

The report said Police Officer 1 Ryan Bagadiong will be given a posthumous award by NCRPO director, Chief Superintendent Leonardo Espina, who will visit the officer’s wake later Tuesday.

It also said that the widow of Bagadiong will also receive financial assistance from NCRPO.

Reports said Bagadiong flagged down the suspects who were on board a motorcycle at the corner of United Nations and M.H. del Pilar in Manila on Saturday for going against the flow of traffic.

The suspects stopped, but allegedly grabbed Bagadiong’s service firearm and shot him.

The report said the cop was lying on the ground for about 30 minutes, but no one came to help him and someone even took a video of him wounded. A medical technology student who happened to pass by the area saw his condition and rushed him to the hospital.

Bagadiong was declared dead on arrival.

Radio reports said that one of the suspects, identified as Antonio Lalu, was arrested, while the other was reportedly killed in a shootout in Marikina City.