Superintendent Pedro Ramos, Malabon police chief, identified the victim as Michael Tan y Sy, 32, married, resident of 99 Industry II Road, Araneta Village, Barangay Potrero in Malabon. According to a belated police report, the ambush occurred at around 6:50 a.m. Wednesday.
The suspects on board a motorcycle, waylaid Tan as he was driving his maroon Toyota Corolla (WSF-885) away from his residence. Tan sustained a gunshot wound in the back and subsequently failed to control his vehicle which rammed a concrete fence wall. — Jerry Botial