2 suspects in Makati rob-slay caught

The police announced yesterday the arrest of two suspects believed to be responsible for killing a messenger and robbing him of P130,000 he had just withdrawn from a bank in Makati City.

Makati City police chief Superintendent Gilbert Cruz told The STAR that Leo Sadural, 34; and Richard Gabriel, 21, both of Mabuhay City Subdivision, Paliparan 3, Dasmariñas, Cavite “were nabbed in a follow-up operation yesterday morning.”

He said robbery with homicide will be filed against the suspects, who were identified by witnesses as among six motorcycle-riding men who shot dead Armando Cortez of the Ecolaser Corp. when he refused to hand over the money he was carrying.

Cortez, 55, had just withdrawn P130,000 from a Metrobank branch in Barangay San Antonio and was on his way back to the office when he was held up.

The incident was the second robbery in Makati City this year involving a bank client who had just withdrawn a large amount of money. – Michael Punongbayan, Cecille Suerte Felipe