By MADELYNNE DOMINGUEZ
A police officer was shot dead while another cop was wounded during a shootout with a drug suspect who also died during the encounter in Pasig City last Monday, police reported yesterday.
A report reaching the Eastern Police District Command (EPDC) identified the slain cop as Police Officer 3 Wilfredo Gueta. He succumbed to bullet wounds in the chest. His fellow cop, PO1 Raymond dela Cruz, was wounded in the left leg.
Police said EPDC operatives were conducting and validating the names of suspected drug users and pushers on Katarungan Street when suspect Roberto Liaguno fired shots at the lawmen and ran, prompting authorities to chase him up to Caniogan area where the shooting incident occurred.
The exchange of fire led to the death of Gueta and Liaguno and wounding of Dela Cruz.
It was gathered that police operatives were validating the list of drug users as part of the government’s campaign against drugs pushers and users.