QC assistant state prosecutor killed in ambush

A Quezon City deputy prosecutor died after being ambushed inside his vehicle on Friday afternoon.

Assistant city prosecutor/chief inquest prosecutor Rogelio Velasco was shot several times inside his red Toyota Innova with plate number ZNV 449 in Barangay Holy Spirit, Quezon City at around 4:55 pm.

A report reaching Chief Supt Joselito Esquivel, Quezon City Police District director said Velasco was with his daughter when the incident happened.

A witness told probers that a white Toyota Innova vehicle intercepted Velasco’s vehicle.

Then at least three suspects alighted from the vehicle and shot the victim’s passenger window before fleeing toward Commonwealth Avenue.

Velasco was rushed to East Avenue Medical Center where he was declared dead an hour after his arrival.

The initial investigation showed that the victim’s car had at least 20 gunshot holes. The investigation is still ongoing.