2021 Quezon City PNP–PDEA shootout
2021 gunfight between police and anti-narcotics agents
On February 24, 2021, a botched buy-bust operation resulted in a shootout between units of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City. The incident resulted in the deaths of two police officers, a PDEA agent and an informant. Both agencies claimed that they had been conducting a legitimate anti-drug operation.
Background and shooting
On February 24, 2021, officers of the Quezon City Police District Special Operations Unit (QCPD-DSOU) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) were to conduct a buy-bust operation, following a "sketchy incident report" from the QCPD's Station in Batasan Hills. The operation was supposed to transpire in Quiapo, Manila, but was later relocated to Litex, Quezon City. At around 5:17 p.m. (UTC+8) a white Honda City owned by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) was seen coming to a stop at a McDonald's parking lot by the Ever Gotesco Commonwealth Center and a Shell gasoline station after its engine overheated. By 5:57, a white Toyota Hiace, also PDEA-owned, came to a halt by the same parking lot. QCPD Corporals Elvin Garado and Lauro de Guzman Jr were then seen approaching the car. Things quickly escalated as the first shots were discharged, killing both the men and injuring another.
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