BACOLOD City – A drug suspect was killed in a sting operation in Barangay E. Lopez, Silay City, Negros Occidental.
He was identified as resident Ronilo Murillo, who died of gunshot wounds on the body, a police report showed.
Murillo yielded sachets of suspected shabu and a .38-caliber revolver, it added.
According to police investigators, Murillo tried to evade arrest by firing at the poseur-buyer around 1 p.m. on April 26. This prompted the police authorities to shoot back.
Murillo’s alleged cohort Reynaldo Dionela meanwhile was arrested.
Dionela was detained in the Silay City police station’s custodial facility, facing charges./PN
