One of the survivors in Thursday night's shooting incident in Mandaluyong City said they told the police that they were bringing a patient to the hospital but the police did not listen to them and instead fired at them.

“Sumisigaw kami na pasyente ang dala namin, pero hindi kami napakinggan, pinadapa lang kami ng mga pulis. Hindi kami pinakinggan na pasyente ang dala namin,” Mhury Jamon said in a press conference on Friday.

The patient was Jonalyn Ambaon who was shot in the head when her live-in partner, Eliseo Aluad alias Bobot, had an argument with a certain Abdurakman Alfin.

Jamon said the watchmen of Barangay Addition Hills, instead of helping them bring Ambaon to the hospital, ran after them and fired at them.

“Habang papalapit sa amin [‘yung mga tanod], pinuputukan kami hanggang sa may tama na ‘yung isang kasama namin bago pa dumating ‘yung mga pulis,” he said, referring to another fatality, Jomar Hayawon.

“Pagdating ng mga pulis nawala ‘yung tanod sa area,” he added.

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He said the policemen told them to go down the vehicle but not all seven passengers were able to get out. It was at that point that the police fired their guns at the vehicle.

Jamon said he and two others went down and lie on their belly. They were unharmed.

“Bago sila nagpaputok nagsabi sila na pag hindi kayo bumaba, puputukan namin kayo. Eh hindi nga makababa. Pinutukan pa rin kasi hindi bumababa ‘yung kasama namin,” he said.

“‘Yung pulis na ang nagpababa sa aming lahat. Kaya naman nagpaputok ‘yung pulis dahil akala nila ayaw bumaba ng mga kasama namin sa sasakyan. Pero hindi talaga ‘yun makakababa kasi ‘yung pasyente namin nakadagan doon kay Kuya Bobot kaya hindi siya makakilos,” Jamon added.

He said the police only stopped firing at the vehicle when the shouting from inside the vehicle stopped.

National Capital Region Police Office chief Director Oscar Albayalde said under police custody now is Wilmer Doro, a barangay official who was initially with the watchmen.

“Kasi nung naghahabulan sila, nung nag u-turn sila (victims) dahil nagkamali ng daan, natakot siya (Doro) dahil ang sabi ng nagda-drive, si Gilberto Golpo at Ernesto Fajardo, armado ‘yung nasa sasakyan at pinuputukan tayo, namamaril sila. Ang ginawa niya (Doro) tumalon siya sa barangay mobile at tumakbo bumalik sa barangay at nagtago,” he said.

He said police are now looking for Fajardo and Golpo.

“The driver is identified as Gilberto Golpo, wala siya dito, we went to his house wala siya doon sa bahay niya so hindi alam kung saan, but he will be invited sa Mandaluyong police. Ipa-find out pa natin kung bakit may baril, of course titignan kung legal ‘yung baril niya,” he said. —KBK, GMA News