By Joseph Pedrajas
A 38-year-old male volunteer manning a quarantine checkpoint in Quezon City was shot to death by four men on board two motorcycles on Wednesday.
Lt. Col. Romulus Gadaoni, Batasan Police Station Commander, identified the victim as Ronald Cumayas, who was allegedly under drug’s watchlist. He sustained multiple gunshot wounds.
A report reaching the Quezon City Police District Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit (QCPD-CIDU) stated that the incident happened along Eagle St. in Sitio Veterans in Barangay Bagong Silangan at around 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Police said Cumayas was serving as a barangay volunteer to man the street amid the curfew hours when he and a fellow volunteer, identified as 20-year-old Aldredo Batino, saw four masked men on board two motorcycles approaching them.
Both Cumayas and Batino tried to escape but they were fired upon by the assailants.
Batino was hit by a bullet on his right arm.