3 rob suspects wounded in NLEX ‘shootout’

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CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga, Philippines — Three suspected members of a robbery group were wounded in an alleged shootout with police officers along the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) toll plaza in Bocaue, Bulacan on Friday afternoon.

The suspects were rushed to the Jonie Villanueva Hospital in Bocaue for treatment of the gunshot wounds.

Police said the suspects were behind the series of robbery incidents that occurred recently in Ilocos, Central Luzon and Calabarzon as well as Metro Manila.

Probers withheld the identities of the suspects so as not to compromise police operations.

Brig. Gen. Jess Mendez, Central Luzon police director, said that before the shootout, the Bulacan police received a report about a group of armed men in a gray Toyota van.

Responding police officers set up road blocks in areas where the suspects were expected to pass through. 

Lawmen spotted the suspects’ vehicle approaching the southbound lane of the NLEX in Barangay Turo.

Instead of pulling over the suspects  reportedly opened fire at the lawmen, triggering a firefight.