Drug suspect shot dead in Caloocan City

A man suspected of being involved in illegal drugs was gunned down in Caloocan City by a lone gunman just hours before the year ended, police said.

Jerry Boy Dalupan, 23, died after sustaining several bullet wounds in the head and body, said PO1 Ariel dela Cruz, investigator on the case.

Dalupan was on the watch list of drug suspects and had been brought in several times for making trouble.

Dalupan was walking along Reparo Street in Barangay 82 at around 9:30 p.m. when a masked man suddenly pistol-whipped him in the head before shooting him, Dela Cruz said. —Krixia Subingsubing