10 drug suspects killed in Pasay since Oct. 1

Ten drug suspects have so far been killed in Pasay City since the start of the month although only one of them died at the hands of the police.

Vimar Espiritu, 31, a member of the Sigue-Sigue Sputnik Gang, was sleeping with his partner past midnight of Oct. 1 when unidentified men shot him repeatedly inside his house in St. Peter Talipapa, Barangay 179, Zone 19.

Three days later, a drug suspect identified only as “Norpip” was killed after he allegedly resisted arrest following a buy-bust operation while his companion, an alias “Chocho,” fled on a motorcycle.

Case investigator PO2 Christopher Nero said the two men sped off on a motorcycle from F.B. Harrison Street toward Roxas Boulevard after a policeman who posed as a buyer tried to arrest them.

A chase ensued, with Norpip falling off the motorcycle while Chocho drove off. Instead of surrendering, however, Norpip reportedly opened fire at members of the Southern Police District’s Anti-Illegal Drugs unit.

A shoot-out broke out, leaving him dead.

In another incident involving tandem-riding gunmen, Wilfredo Padilla, 42, a resident of San Juan Street in  Barangay 8, Zone 2, was shot dead while cleaning a jeepney in front of a gasoline station on the Roxas Boulevard service road.

Padilla’s live-in partner, Maricel Abellar, witnessed the shooting around 1 a.m. on Oct. 8 and told the police that Padilla was an addict who also sold drugs to taxi and jeepney drivers.

Around 2:15 a.m. that same day, couple Andres and Alma Allauigan—both on the police drug watchlist—were shot dead by gunmen wearing bonnets who barged into their house on 5th Street, Pildera 2 in Barangay 193, Zone 20, while they were sleeping.

Meanwhile, Danilo Andres, a 52-year-old jobless man was standing at the corner of Park Avenue Extension and Cuneta Avenue in Barangay 79, Zone 10, when a motorcycle back rider shot him at 11:30 a.m. on Oct. 7.

Members of the Baclaran police community precinct said that Andres was on their drug watchlist while barangay officials said he was involved in several robbery-holdup cases in the area.

At 6 p.m. on Oct. 6, Ronie Naje, 48, a drug suspect who had earlier surrendered under the government’s Oplan Tokhang, was shot dead while playing cards at a friend’s wake on G. Villanueva Street in Barangay 52.

Three other drug suspects were also reportedly killed by motorcycle-riding gunmen.  One of them was Michael Ray Araja, 29, a resident of BAC 1-11, Don Carlos Village, who was shot in Barangay 190, Zone 20, at 1:45 a.m. on Oct. 2. On the other hand, Randy Samson, 37, was gunned down on Leveriza corner San Juan Street, around 3 a.m. on Oct. 6 while Richard Raiz, 36, was shot dead on Electrical Road in Barangay 191, Zone 20, at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 7.