Drug suspect killed while trying to escape

A man who had yielded a sachet of “shabu,” or methamphetamine hydrochloride, following his arrest for two traffic violations was shot dead by a policeman after he reportedly tried to escape and grabbed the lawman’s service firearm on Saturday.

Senior Police Officer 1 Joselito Gagaza of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit identified the fatality as Ramil Oca, a 44-year-old resident of Antipolo City.

Based on the statements given by the policemen involved in the shooting, Oca was arrested on Saturday by members of the QCPD anticar theft unit in the Muñoz area for using a fake license plate on his motorcycle and driving without a license.

He was later turned over to PO1 Carlos Lignos, PO2 Genaro Diego and PO3 Emmanuel Allarde of the Kamuning police after a search of his vehicle yielded a sachet of methamphetamine hydrochloride.

The three policemen said that when they got to the Kamuning police station, Oca ran away but was caught after a brief chase.

They added that after they caught him, he resisted their efforts to put him in handcuffs. He grabbed the firearm of Allarde and pointed it at the policemen but before he could fire, one of them shot him in the chest, killing him.