LOOK: Police kill 2 ‘high-value’ drug suspects in Cainta shooting

The body of one of two drug suspects is slumped on the front passenger seat of a silver-grey Toyota sedan that was shot up by policemen along Felix Avenue in Cainta, Rizal, Monday night, July 24, 2017. Red color on the car are paint markings on the vehicle. INQUIRER.NET PHOTO

Police gunned down two drug suspects in an alleged shootout in the middle of a busy thoroughfare in Cainta, Rizal, Monday night.

Investigator PO3 Ojie Bidaure identified those slain only as alias “Bilog” and alias “Alfonz,” whom police said were “high-value targets” who operated in Pasig City.

Bidaure told Inquirer.net that Bilog and Alfonz were shot dead while fleeing pursuing lawmen from the Rizal Provincial Police Office

According to the investigator, a policeman managed to buy drugs from the two in an operation somewhere in Pasig early Monday night.

Police scene of the crime investigators process the site where police shot dead two alleged drug pushers along Felix Avenue in Cainta, Rizal, Monday night, July 24, 2017. INQUIRER.NET

But before other lawmen could move in to arrest the suspects, the two managed to drive away in a silver-gray Toyota sedan.

Policemen caught up with the duo along the southbound lane of Felix Avenue in front of the BDO bank branch in Barangay Sto. Domingo at about 8:20 p.m.

Traffic enforcer Albert Baquir said he was manning traffic in front of SM Hypermart, some 50 meters away, when he saw a motorcycle block the path of the car.

Two men got off the motorcycle and shooting followed.

“Hinarang lang tapos biglang nagbarilan na,” (They blocked the car and suddenly opened fire) Baquir told the Inquirer.

Baquir said another group of men on the side of the road also opened fire at the vehicle.

“Parang inabangan talaga sila,” (It appeared the gunmen waited for them) the witness said.

Scene of the crime investigators later found at least 45 spent ammunition casings outside the bullet-riddled car.

Police scene of the crime markings show the places where bullet casings were found by probers after police shot at two drug suspects along Felix Avenue, Cainta, Rizal, on July 24, 2017. At left are the things, mostly kitchen utensils and personal effects, found from the back seat of the car. INQUIRER.NET

They also found a .38-caliber revolver and a pistol from inside the suspects’ car. It was not immediately clear if police found illegal drugs in the vehicle.

After the incident, the shooters immediately drove off, witnesses said. CBB