DAGUPAN CITY — A man, who was driving to a court hearing in Lingayen town, was shot dead on Monday (Sept. 26) in the middle of a traffic jam in Binmaley town.

The vehicle of Napoleon Manaois, 34, was stuck in a long line of stalled vehicles at 8:20 a.m. when unidentified men fired multiple times into the car.

Manaois was taken to a nearby hospital but a doctor there pronounced him dead on arrival.

Investigators found two bullets and 11 empty cartridges fired from a .45-pistol.

A 9mm pistol with nine bullets were also found inside the vehicle.

A motorist heading for Dagupan City captured the shooting through a dashboard camera, which showed at least four men wearing helmets firing at the driver’s side of Manaois’ vehicle. The men escaped in three motorcycles. The video was posted online. SFM

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