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Cops kill 3 cab robbers in Quezon City

Dennis Carcamo - The Philippine Star
November 27, 2014 | 9:26am

MANILA, Philippines - Three suspected robbers were killed on Thursday after a shootout with policemen in Quezon City.

Initial reports said that the suspects boarded a taxicab along Quezon Avenue and held up its driver.

At gunpoint, the three robbers took the driver's earnings then drove away with the cab, leaving the victim behind. 

However, policemen spotted the suspects driving along Mindanao Avenue around 1 a.m. after the victim reported the incident.
 
After a brief chase, authorities engaged and killed the suspects in a shootout.

Police recovered three cal. 38 revolvers from the still unidentified suspects.

ALONG

AVENUE

DRIVER

KILLED

MINDANAO AVENUE

POLICEMEN

QUEZON AVENUE

QUEZON CITY

SUSPECTS

THREE
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