Cop shot dead in Pampanga

CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga , Philippines  – Car-riding armed men shot to death a policeman along Jose Abad Santos Avenue (formerly Gapan-Olongapo-San Fernando) road in Barangay San Matias, Guagua, Pampanga, yesterday morning.

In his report here, Senior Superintendent Gil Lebin Jr., Pampanga police provincial director, said Police Officer 2 Richard Rico, 32, a resident of San Nicolas, City of San Fernando and Rico, a member of Lubao Police Station was on his way home on board his Honda Civic (USS-793) when unidentified car-riding armed men overtook his car, said Lebin.

The suspects shot the victim’s car hitting him in the head and different parts of his body.

Lebin said the policeman died while being treated in a hospital.

Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO) team recovered six spent shells for a M-16 rifle at the shooting incident.

The suspects sped away toward Olongapo City after the incident.

Chief Superintendent Leon Nilo de la Cruz, Central Luzon police director, ordered Lebin to further investigate the motive of the killing of Rico.    – Ric Sapnu