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Carjacker killed, another arrested in Las Piñas shootout —police


A suspected carjacker was killed in a shootout with a policeman in Las Piñas City on Sunday afternoon.

Super Radyo dzBB's Rod Vega reported that two carjackers blocked the way of Police Corporal Eric Jones Ambat of the Las Piñas City Police and seized his motorcycle, sparking a shootout that killed one of the suspects and led to the arrest of another.

Photo by Danny Pata
Photo by Danny Pata

Quoting Southern Police District director Police Brigadier General Noli Batan, Vega said Cpl. Ambat was driving on Tionquiao Street, Barangay Manuyo Dos when the two suspects grabbed his motorcycle at gunpoint.

Ambat temporarily yielded, but before the suspects could pull away he fired a warning shot, prompting one of the suspects to engage him in a shootout.

One of suspects was killed in the clash, and his companion arrested. —LBG, GMA News

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