MANILA, Philippines — A police officer assigned at the Southern Police District (SPD) was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Las Piñas City on Tuesday morning.
A report from the National Capital Region Police Office identified the victim as Police Staff Sergeant Julius Sayasa Fabre, 39, of San Dionisio, Parañaque City.
A witness told police that Fabre was buying chicken feeds from a store along Padre Diego Sierra Street in Barangay Manuyo 1 when the two suspects on board a sports utility vehicle shot him at 7:45 a.m.
Police said a witness rushed Fabre to the nearest hospital, where the policeman later died.
Las Piñas police probers are still investigating the incident.
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