Two men who police said were included on the barangay drug watch list were shot dead by unidentified gunmen in separate incidents in Pasig on Thursday night and early Friday morning.
A report to Chief Supt. Romulo Sapitula, Eastern Police District (EPD) director, said Randy Hayuhay, 27, a market stall helper, was traveling on his motorcycle when shot several times on Baltazar Street, Barangay Palatiw, around 6:05 p.m. on Thursday. Hayuhay died on the spot.
According to a police officer assigned in Palatiw, a woman arrived at the station the following morning to claim the motorcycle, saying it was merely pawned to Hayuhay by her son, a drug user fresh from rehab, for P5,000 in cash and “shabu” also worth P5,000.
Hayuhay left behind his live-in partner and two young children.
Hours after the Palatiw incident, around 2 a.m. on Friday, Ian Ilagan was killed in his house on Pahit Street in neighboring Barangay Pinagbuhatan.
The Pasig police said the 36-year-old Ilagan was with his live-in partner when two assailants entered and fired at the man. The shooters fled on a motorcycle.
According to EPD data, there were 181 fatal shooting incidents in Pasig City from July 1, 2016, to June 2017, or during the first year of the Duterte administration. As to the other cities covered by the district, Mandaluyong had 73, Marikina had 47, and San Juan had 32.—JODEE A. AGONCILLO