Cop killed in robbery incident

S/Sgt. Jhon Espinoza was declared dead on arrival at the Gapan District Hospital from a gunshot to the head.
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CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga, Philippines — A policeman was killed as he and his fellow officers were responding to a robbery incident in Peñaranda, Nueva Ecija before dawn yesterday.

S/Sgt. Jhon Espinoza was declared dead on arrival at the Gapan District Hospital from a gunshot to the head.

Espinosa was among police officers who responded to a robbey in a supermarket in Barangay Poblacion 1, according to Brig. Gen. Redrico Maranan, Central Luzon police director.

Maranan said the robbers shot the approaching policemen, hitting Espinoza in the head.

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