The Philippine Star

Man gunned down at Makati gas station

- By MIKE FRIALDE

A 2 -year-old man was shot dead while fueling up at a gas station in arangay Pio del Pilar, Makati City yesterday morning.

Mark Felizardo aggang was behind the wheel of his black Toyota ios without license plates at the gas station when at least three unidentifi­ed assailants surrounded his car at around 3 a.m.

The assailants simultaneo­usly opened fire with a mm pistol, a . caliber pistol and an M-16 rifle, police said.

aggang died on the scene. nvestigato­rs said at least 1 shells and slugs were recovered at the gas station, located at the corner of Evangelist­a and Arguelles streets.

The assailants fled toward Pasay City in a maroon car. itnesses failed to jot down the getaway car’s plate number, police said.

Death threats, prior attack

Makati police chief enior uperintend­ent Manuel Lukban told reporters that prior to the shooting, aggang received death threats. omeone had also shot at the victim’s house last month, he said.

He said investigat­ors are looking into aggang’s possible drug links after police officers found what they suspect to be shabu and drug parapherna­lia in the victim’s car, along with a .22 caliber revolver.

Lukban said the hit on the victim was wellplanne­d and whoever mastermind­ed the killing was iba ang galit unusually angry ,” based on the number of bullets used.

The gunmen could have followed the victim from his house and waited for an opportunit­y to kill him, the police chief said, noting that aggang left home after receiving a phone call.

The members of his household said that during the past few days, aggang did not leave the house but did so upon receiving the phone call.

Neighbors described aggang as a obin Hood” who was always ready to help, Lukban said. His mother, who works abroad, and the barangay chairman said the victim was known for helping people who approached him. The sick, the ones who need money,” he said.

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