{"id":18774,"date":"2026-02-18T23:47:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=18774"},"modified":"2026-02-18T23:47:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:47:56","slug":"robbery-ends-in-shootout-1-suspect-dead-another-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/robbery-ends-in-shootout-1-suspect-dead-another-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"ROBBERY ENDS IN SHOOTOUT; 1 SUSPECT DEAD, ANOTHER ARRESTED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BY KEVIN GALANG<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga &#8212; A robbery incident in Nueva Ecija on Tuesday escalated into a police pursuit that ended with the arrest of one suspect and the death of another in an armed encounter.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Based on a report to Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) director Brig. Gen. Ponce Rogelio Pe\u00f1ones Jr., officers from the Gabaldon police received a report from a concerned citizen about a robbery holdup in Purok Ilang-Ilang, Bgy. Tagumpay in Gabaldon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The victim, described as a female professional and a resident of Nueva Ecija, was allegedly approached by two armed men who declared a holdup.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The suspect fled after the burglary.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Responding officers immediately launched a hot pursuit operation and coordinated with nearby police units to intercept the suspects.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Members of the Bongabon Police Station conducted a dragnet operation in Bgy. Bantug, Bongabon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Authorities attempted to flag down the motorcycle-riding suspects who allegedly ignored police orders and instead \u00a0sped away, triggering a chase.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The suspects later crashed along a road pavement, after which one reportedly opened fire at pursuing officers, resulting in a shootout.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A police officer sustained gunshot wounds in the exchange of fire and was rushed to a medical facility before being transferred to a higher-level hospital for further treatment.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>One of the suspects was fatally wounded and declared dead on arrival at a hospital while the other was arrested at the scene.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pe\u00f1ones commended the responding personnel for their swift and coordinated actions, stressing the importance of rapid response in preventing further harm to the public. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY KEVIN GALANG &nbsp; CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga &mdash; A robbery incident in Nueva Ecija on Tuesday escalated into a police pursuit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18774"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18774"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18776,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18774\/revisions\/18776"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}