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Amok shot dead

Two men on a motorcycle shot dead a man who allegedly ran amuck on Wednesday morning in Pasay City. Case investigator PO3 Rodolfo Soquiña said that witnesses told him that Jay Tupas was in a tricycle when two men on a motorcycle stopped the vehicle on Zamora Street, pulled the victim out and shot him at close range. He was taken to Pasay City General Hospital where medical staffers said that Tupas had earlier sought treatment after he was mauled in Malibay. The police later learned that the victim was beaten up because he went amuck over a still undetermined reason. Miko Morelos

Rape suspect falls

One of the city of Manila’s 10 most wanted men finally ended up behind bars on Tuesday afternoon. Ervin Macapagal, 27, a resident of Panaderos Street in Sta. Ana, Manila who is being sought for the rape of an 11-year-old girl in 2010, was arrested in his house in the area based on a warrant issued by Judge Amelia Tria Infante of the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 9. Earlier, the police received information that Macapagal would be returning to his house, prompting them to monitor the neighborhood for a week. When he finally showed up, he was arrested by operatives of the Manila Police District-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, Chief Insp. Carlo Magno Manuel said in a report. Jaymee T. Gamil