TALAVERA, Nueva Ecija —A 31-year-old suspected drug pusher and her brother-in-law were killed by gunmen here, Friday afternoon.
Supt. Leandro Viernes Novilla, Talavera police chief, reported to Senior Supt. Manuel Cornel, provincial police director that the fatalities were Sheryl Paraiso-Santos and Pedro Santos, 45, tricycle driver, both of Purok 4, Barangay Marcos District, Talavera.
The two were shot in front of Paraiso-Santos’ three children.
Paraiso-Santos died on the spot from gunshot wounds in the head while Santos was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead-on-arrival.
PO3 Marvin Verde, investigator of the Talavera police, said Paraiso-Santos had been in the drug watch list of the Talavera police.
Verde said the gun attack was carried out at around 3:30 p.m. Friday along the municipal road in the barangay.
Verde said Santos was driving a tricycle with license plate 8541-RL with Paraiso-Santos and her three children on board when their path was blocked by an unlicensed red car traveling in the opposite direction.
The suspects were in the car. The suspects, who were all heavily armed, alighted from the car and told the tricycle occupants to alight and drop face down. The suspects then fired at Paraiso-Santos and Santos in the head then fled.
A team from the Scene-of-the-Crime Operatives (SOCO) led by Chief Inspector Emelda Roderos recovered two empty cartridges from a revolver.