Guard killed in Laguna gas station rob

CABUYAO, Laguna — At least five armed men robbed a Petron gasoline station here Monday night, killing a security guard and fleeing with an estimated P2 million in cash and checks, police said.

PO2 Joseph Landicho, officer-on-case, said the robbers carted away checks worth P1.2 million, a clutch bag containing P50,000, P690,000 kept in the vault and two guns belonging to gas station owner Delfin Uson and slain security guard Mario Tagumata.

Cashier Felina Nicobano found Tagumata’s body inside the coffee shop when she reported for work at 5 a.m. yesterday. Tagumata, 49, was the lone night-shift guard.

Superintendent Jose Ernesto Fernandez, Cabuyao police chief, said Tagumata was struck on the head with a firearm or hard object while he was dozing off, and his body dragged inside the coffee shop. — Rene Alviar and Ed Amoroso