Police hunt 2 suspects who escaped Bacoor shootouts

LUCENA CITY — Police are hunting two suspected members of a robbery group who escaped after five of their companions were killed in separate shootouts with law enforcers in Bacoor City, Cavite, on Tuesday afternoon.

The two suspects, who reportedly fled on a motorcycle, remain at large, according to a Bacoor police report the Inquirer obtained on Tuesday night.

Police said they received intelligence information that armed men were planning to rob a wealthy individual living in a high-end subdivision.

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In response, officers were deployed and placed on alert to conduct simultaneous Oplan Sita operations, or anti-criminality checkpoints, in the area.

Police officers, led by Bacoor police chief Lt. Col. Alexie Desamito, later spotted two suspicious men on a motorcycle, one of whom was wearing a white security guard’s uniform. A Toyota Vios was reportedly following them.

Officers tailed the motorcycle and the car before attempting to stop them for inspection. Instead of complying, the occupants allegedly opened fire at the police and sped away, prompting a pursuit.

During the chase, one of the suspects reportedly fell from the vehicle while exchanging gunfire with the pursuing officers.

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When the pursuit reached the Molino flyover in Barangay Molino 4, the suspects allegedly fired again at the police. Their vehicle eventually crashed and overturned, killing two more suspects, the report said.

The two surviving suspects reportedly seized a motorcycle from a rider at gunpoint and fled. Police pursued them and later killed both in another alleged shootout, according to the report.

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The operation began at around 1:30 p.m. and ended at 3 p.m./coa