Money transfer security guard shot dead for empty cash box | Inquirer News

Money transfer security guard shot dead for empty cash box

/ 07:02 PM November 24, 2013

MANILA, Philippines — A group of three robbers on Sunday morning barged into a Western Union branch in Parañaque City on Sunday morning, shot dead the security guard and took away a cash box that turned out to be empty.

“Na-Mali sila (They were fooled),” Senior Supt. Ariel Andrade, the Parañaque police chief, said of the robbery-holdup that happened around 8 a.m. on Sunday at the Western Union branch in Dr. A. Santos Avenue in Barangay San Isidro in Parañaque City.

In the robbers’ attempt to take cash, however, they killed the on-duty security guard identified as Felipe Montilla.

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The victim sustained fatal gunshot wounds in the chest and left side of the body. He died on the spot.

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Andrade, however, could not say if the security guard fought off the robbers.

The three robbers carrying short firearms fled on board a motorcycle with an unknown plate number, the police said.

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Andrade said the robbers for sure were not aware that the cash box was empty and they were taking away nothing of value.

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The robbers also left with the service firearm of the slain security guard.

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