Man shot dead in Antipolo after parking near a store

A 26-year-old van driver was shot dead in Antipolo, Rizal allegedly over an argument about a parking space.

In EJ Gomez’s “24 Oras" report Monday, a CCTV camera recorded the victim parking his van beside a store.

According to witnesses, this prompted an angry response from the store's owner.

“Tuwing nagpa-park daw yung  biktima doon sa area ay pinagtatalunan nila," said Police Captain Carlo Tamondong of the Antipolo Component City Police Station. "Pero yung pinag-park-an  nung biktima nung time na yun ay hindi naman siya para mag-park. Tumigil lang siya para ibaba yung mga pasahero niya.”

(They always have an argument whenever the victim parks there. But this time, witnesses said he did not stop there to park.)

“[Ang may ari ng tindahan] yung nanakal. Siya nag-umpisa, pag-park pa lang nila, galit na galit na raw siya sa biktima,” Tamondong added.

(The store owner tried to choke the victim.)

However, the store's owner denied quarreling with the van driver. Rather it was his buddy, "Toto," who got into a fight with the victim.

“Di ko sinakal. Tinulak ko siya pabalik ng sasakyan...Para di na nga bumaba ng sasakyan. Para di po sila mag-away, e. E di nagpapigil e,” said the store owner.

(I did not choke him. I tried to push him back into his vehicle so they wouldn’t fight. But I wasn’t able to stop them.)

The CCTV camera recorded the victim and Toto trading blows. Moments later, Toto allegedly fired a gun.

The van driver was shot four times - thrice in the head and once in the back. He died on the spot.

Toto then drove away in a car.

Meanwhile, police arrested the store owner.

However, the victim’s mother believed that the suspects had planned to kill her son.

“Pinukpok 'yung harapan ng sasakyan niya. Yung motor nya puro dura ng plema, tapos dun din mismo sa tapat ng bahay sa may gate pinagbantaan din sya  ng mga tauhan dun,” she said.

(They damaged his vehicle and spat on his motorcycle. And he had been threatened in front of his house.)

“Kabababa nya lang po ng sasakyan nun, talagang hinintay sya. Paglabas na ganun,  may tao na agad dito, may isa na dito. Talagang pinagpaplanuhan na  talaga siya na ano… kumbaga wala syang tatakbuhan e,” she added.

(They waited for him to alight from the vehicle. When he got out, there was one person here, another there. They planned it. There was no opportunity for him to run away.) — DVM, GMA Integrated News