2 suspected robbers slain by Pampanga cops
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — Pampanga policemen shot dead two men suspected of robbing a gas station with two other accomplices at dawn on Thursday (June 13).
Ariel Moguil, of Mountain Province, and Dexter Tinguey of Baguio City, were killed in a 12:35 a.m. shootout in Bacolor town with policemen, who were responding to the robbery of a Shell gasoline station in Barangay Sta. Ines.
Shell cashiers Edmer Rosillo and Aina Estrabillo said they were accosted by two men in a blue pick-up truck, and two more men riding a motorcycle. The robbers drove away separately after taking P5,000 and a mobile telephone from the cashiers.
The police intercepted the pick-up truck carrying Moguil and Tinguey along the Pasig Potrero Dike Access Road in Cabetican village. The two men opened fire and were killed in the ensuing gun battle.
Recovered from the slain suspects were P2,420 in cash, two handguns, and 4 sachets of what could be shabu (crystal meth). Tonette Orejas INQ
