Cop shot dead by motorcycle-riding men in Mati City
SHOT DEAD (INQUIRER FILE PHOTO/ FRINSTON LIM)
TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte – Gunmen on a motorcycle on Monday shot and killed a junior police officer in Mati City, Davao Oriental, authorities said.
Insp. Jay Reuben Plaza died instantly after being shot in the head along Nazareno Street in downtown Mati past 7 a.m.
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Plaza was riding his motorcycle to report for work at Mati police station when attacked. The victim was the city police’s investigator.
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Witnesses said they saw the killers speed away on another motorcycle after the shooting.
A worker of a nearby eatery was also wounded after being hit by a stray bullet in the leg. SFM/rga
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