Uzi-wielding men kill driver over P.3-million payroll

MANILA, Philippines - A driver delivering P300,000 payroll in Parañaque City was shot dead by two men using Uzi sub-machine guns Saturday, police said yesterday.

Senior Police Officer 1 (SPO1) Allan Aurelio said Deo Salazar, who worked as a driver and timekeeper at the warehouse of the Multi Development Construction Corporation (MDCC) at the Lopez Compound on Quirino Avenue in Barangay Tambo, Paranaque, sustained bullet wounds in different parts of the body. 

Salazar’s companions Relah Nava, 28, MDCC’s human resource assistant and civil engineer Arriane Barcenas, 23, were unhurt.

Police said Salazar was driving a Starex van out of the main gate of the MDCC warehouse when the suspects blocked their path, shot him, then took the money from his companions.

The robbers fled on a motorcycle. Police are still trying to identify the robbers.