Binangonan, Rizal, Philippines - Oct 10, 2023

A man was shot dead by 4 gunmen, a few blocks away from his home in Barangay Batingan, in Binangonan, Rizal, Tuesday afternoon, a police official said.

Police Lieutenant Eduardo Balita, officer-in-charge of the Binangonan Police Station, told ABS-CBN News on Wednesday that the 43-year-old victim was waiting for someone along J.P. Rizal street, when he was killed.

CCTV footage from the area shows that two of the suspects approached him and shot him point blank, before immediately escaping through the help of two other male suspects on board two motorcycles.

He also identified the victim as "Penoy", who was unemployed and was also a resident of the barangay. Penoy's wife says she heard the victim talking to someone on the phone before rushing to go outside of their house.

Police are still looking at all possible angles behind the murder, including the possibility of the victim being involved in illegal drugs.

Police are still conducting follow-up investigation to identify and capture the suspects involved in the crime.

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