SAN PEDRO CITY –– A suspected criminal was killed in a police operation in Imus City, Cavite early Wednesday.
A report from the Calabarzon police said a still unidentified man was killed in a shootout in Barangay Buhay na Tubig around 1 a.m.
Law enforcers were chasing down two men who were earlier reported to have stolen a motorcycle.
Police set up a road checkpoint but claimed the fleeing suspects fired at them. Police returned fire and killed one of them while the other managed to escape.