Attackers stalked Kim Chiu’s van in front of the ambush

Last updated on May 7th, 2021 at 06:04 am

The gunmen waited for Kim Chui’s vehicle to exit the subdivision before the CCTV attack, said Thursday the Head of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit of the Quezon City Police District.

QCPD-CIDU Chief Major Elmer Monsalve, interviewed on GMA News ‘ Unang Balita, said that the special investigation task group had already obtained the CCTV footage of Chiu’s van leaving the subdivision.

Nevertheless, Monsalve said that the police are still relying on facts to find out whether the incident was a case of “mistakeful identification” as a fair angle to the investigation, despite recent developments in the investigation.

According to Molave, the police have yet to retrieve video from the actual location of the shooting incident.

On Wednesday, Chiu, her secretary, Mayrin Nasara, and her driver, Wilfredo Taberna, were on their way to the tape when armed assailants riding a tandem on a motorbike fired shots at their C.P corner truck. Avenues Garcia and Katipunan

No one was confirmed injured in the shooting incident.

At least eight shell cases were discovered at the crime scene and seven bullet holes were found mostly on the right side of the van. The QCPD set up a special task force for the prosecution of the crime.