Cop slain in Pampanga car ambush; probe on

By George Trillo

CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga– Car-riding armed men shot to death a policeman along Jose Abad Santos Avenue (formerly Gapan-Olongapo-San Fernando) road in Barangay San Matias, Guagua, Pampanga Monday morning.

Senior Supt. Gil Lebin Jr., Pampanga police provincial director, said Police Officer 2 Richard Rico, 32, a resident of San Nicolas, City of San Fernando and Rico, a member of Lubao Police Station was on his way home on board his Honda Civic (USS-793) when unidentified car-riding armed men overtook his car, said Lebin.

The suspects shot the victim’s car hitting him in the head and different parts of his body.
Lebin said the policeman died while being treated in a hospital.

Scene of the Crime Operatives team recovered six spent shells for a M-16 rifle at the shooting incident.

The suspects sped away toward Olongapo City after the incident.

Chief Supt. Leon Nilo de la Cruz, Central Luzon police director, ordered Lebin to further investigate the motive of the killing of Rico.