Drug suspect, bystander killed, 1 hurt in Cavite shootout | Inquirer News

Drug suspect, bystander killed, 1 hurt in Cavite shootout

/ 10:55 PM April 11, 2017

Imus City, Cavite (Google maps)

Imus City, Cavite (Google maps)

SAN PEDRO CITY, Laguna — A drug suspect and a bystander were killed, while another bystander was wounded in a shootout between cops and suspected drug dealers in Imus City, Cavite, police said Tuesday.

A report from the Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon (CALABARZON) Police said undercover policemen conducted a buy-bust operation that targeted suspects Rodelio Dig and Allen Consulta around 9 p.m. Monday, along Halang Street in Barangay (village) Poblacion 4A.

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But during the operation, the suspects allegedly attempted to resist arrest by engaging the authorities in a gun fight. The police retaliated and killed Dig.

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Two bystanders, Charise Miranda and Kevin Fiesta, who only happened to be in the vicinity, were hit by stray bullets. They were brought to a hospital but Fiesta died.

The police arrested Consulta and recovered a .38-gun and three sachets of suspected “shabu” (methamphetamine hydrochloride).  SFM

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