A group of armed men who had introduced themselves as policemen gunned down an account executive of Globe Telecommunications in front of witnesses shortly after midnight Sunday in Quezon City.
Senior Police Officer 1 Jaime Jimena identified the victim as Federico
Royo Jr., 32, a resident of Conwise Building on Banahaw Street in the Cubao area.
He was shot repeatedly in front of the condominium and rushed to St. Luke’s Medical Center where he was declared dead on arrival.
Recovered from the crime scene were spent bullets from cal. .45 and 9mm pistols and the white Toyota Revo (XBU 889) used by the group of men which were forced to abandon the vehicle after it developed engine trouble.
According to the police, the Revo has turned out to be a stolen vehicle.
A building security guard told the police that the victim was talking to someone in front of the condo when four men arrived in a Revo.
The victim tried to run away when he saw the suspects but they caught up with him and started to maul him. When someone intervened, the men told him, “We’re policemen, stand back,” another witness said.
One of the suspects then asked the victim where his money was. When the victim replied that he did not know, he was shot, the witness added.