{"id":1015150,"date":"2018-07-28T23:43:29","date_gmt":"2018-07-28T15:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?p=1015150"},"modified":"2018-07-29T00:00:28","modified_gmt":"2018-07-28T16:00:28","slug":"pdea-7-officer-shot-dead-in-cebu-city-pdea-shooting-crime-cebu-regions-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/1015150\/pdea-7-officer-shot-dead-in-cebu-city-pdea-shooting-crime-cebu-regions-news","title":{"rendered":"PDEA Central Visayas exec gunned down in Cebu City"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Published: 7:54 p.m., July 27, 2018 | Updated: 11:43 p.m., July 28, 2018<\/em><\/p>\n

CEBU CITY \u2014 The series of killings in the city and Metro Cebu continued on Friday with a former radioman turned antinarcotics agent as the latest victim of what Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma had said was the reign of a culture of impunity.<\/p>\n

Earl Rallos, 48, of Labangon, this city, was driving his gray Toyota Altis when he was shot repeatedly by still unknown assailants on Friday.<\/p>\n

He suffered multiple gunshot wounds in the head and body.<\/p>\n

Rallos was assistant operations officer of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Central Visayas.<\/p>\n

He worked with Bombo Radyo and radio station dySS for nearly 20 years before he joined the PDEA in 2009.<\/p>\n

Bystander hit<\/p>\n

Chief Insp. Ma. Theresa Macatangay, Fuente police station chief, said the attack on Rallos could be related to his work in the PDEA.<\/p>\n

A bystander, a \u201chabal-habal\u201d (motorcycle-for-hire) driver, was hit by a stray bullet in the cheek and is now in stable condition at a hospital.<\/p>\n

The attack on Rallos was the second in nearly five years on a former broadcaster who joined the PDEA.<\/p>\n

On Sept. 14, 2013, Jesus \u201cJessie\u201d Tabanao, also a former Cebu broadcaster and PDEA spokesperson, was gunned down by a lone assailant.<\/p>\n

The killer had been identified and charged but remained at large.<\/p>\n

With intent to kill<\/h5>\n

Macatangay appealed to witnesses to \u201cplease help us solve this case.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAll that is certain at the moment was there was really an intent to kill,\u201d Macatangay said.<\/p>\n

Police recovered 18 .45-caliber bullet shells from where Rallos was attacked.<\/p>\n

Rallos left behind a wife and four children. He was the latest casualty in the series of murders in Cebu City and Metro Cebu.<\/p>\n

A witness said a man on a motorcycle drove near Rallos and fired repeatedly.<\/p>\n

\u2018Cause for alarm\u2019<\/h5>\n

Rallos tried to crawl out to safety but the assailant got off his motorcycle, crossed the street and shot Rallos in the head.<\/p>\n

Arnold Bustamante, a close friend of Rallos and head of the Defense PNP Press Corps, a group of police beat reporters, said he was shocked at the killing of Rallos.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a cause for alarm,\u201d he said. \/jpv \/pdi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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