Wanted felon dies in shootout with pursuing cops in Quezon
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LUCENA CITY — One of the three wanted felons who engaged policemen in a shootout in Guinayangan town in Quezon province on Friday was killed in another encounter in the same locality during a hot pursuit operation on Saturday.
In a report on Sunday, Quezon police said the fatality identified as “Ren” was slain in an encounter with the police in the mountainous area of Barangay Lubigan at 7:10 p.m.
Law enforcers continue their hot pursuit operations against Ren’s cohorts, “Ronnel” and “Mando,” the report said.
On Friday morning, combined police forces from Bicol and Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) regions armed with warrants of arrest, swooped down on the alleged safe house of the three wanted criminals in Barangay Manggagawa.
The suspects sensed the approaching law enforcers, fired at the policemen and hit four of them.
The three suspects, all wanted for murder lodged in Ligao City, Albay court, managed to escape after the shooting.
The wounded cops were taken to the hospital. One of them has already been discharged, while the remaining three are still recuperating but in stable condition.
