A former drug detainee was shot dead Tuesday morning by a masked gunman in Quezon City.
Police identified the victim as Fortunato Cagul, 40, tricycle driver. He was arrested in 2017 for drug charges and was still under police drug watchlist.
He was killed at a tricycle terminal on Villongco St., just several meters away from his residence in Barangay Commonwealth around 2:10 a.m., police said.
Investigation conducted by Quezon City Police District showed that a 20-year-old vendor of a bakery found Cagul lying bloodied on his tricycle after hearing successive gunshots. The vendor immediately sought assistance from police.
Officers from Commonwealth Police Community Precinct-3 responded to the incident and recovered four fired cartridge cases of unknown caliber and a deformed fired bullet. (Joseph Pedrajas)