Tuesday, April 29, 2008 (Philippines)

Nelson Gutierrez Jr. lies on the sidewalk outside the Rural Bank of Cebu South in Carcar City as police wait for a second suspect inside to emerge. (Photographed for Sun.Star by Rey Campaña) A ROBBER was killed while another was wounded after they robbed a bank and held hostage a bank employee in Carcar City yesterday morning. Killed on the spot was Nelson Igoy Gutierrez Jr. while his companion Ricoly Igoy survived with three gunshot wounds after they allegedly engaged responding policemen in a shootout. Authorities came while the two were still inside Rural Bank of Cebu South Inc. in Barangay Poblacion after the manager, Webster Morales, slipped through a back door and ran to the police station some 400 meters away. [full story]