Driver shoots traffic aide

A traffic enforcer of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) was seriously injured Wednesday after he was repeatedly shot by a motorist whom he accosted for a traffic violation in Mandaluyong City.

Yves Gonzales, an official of the MMDA Traffic Enforcement Unit, identified the victim as Larry Fiala who is assigned at Cubao, Quezon City.

As of Wednesday afternoon, Fiala, who sustained gunshot wounds in the hand, arm and abdomen, was due to be operated on at Dr. Victor Potenciano Medical Center where he was brought by a taxi driver.

Authorities, meanwhile, are looking for the gunman who fled on board a black Nissan Frontier pickup with plate number WMD 505, Gonzales said.

“There were witnesses who were able to get the license plate number of the suspect’s vehicle. We also have the name under which it was registered; we already forwarded it to the police,” he told the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

Initial investigation showed that the shooting happened at around 4 p.m. on the southbound lane of Edsa near Connecticut Street.

The victim reportedly accosted the driver of the pickup in Cubao for a traffic violation. The driver, however, got irked and hit the victim in the face before he sped off on his vehicle.

The victim then chased the driver on his motorcycle but when they reached the Connecticut area, the driver got off his vehicle and shot the victim before fleeing, Gonzales said. With Niña Calleja and Karen Boncocan, INQUIRER.net