00:00A woman was killed in Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City while she was five years old.
00:04The wound was caused after she jumped from a jeepney that was hauled up.
00:08Civil Custodian in the center of the news.
00:12What happened? Did she fall from the jeepney?
00:14She fell and jumped.
00:16Even the other one? That's a big hit.
00:18The woman on Commonwealth Avenue in Barangay Holy Spirit, Quezon City
00:23was injured and unconscious.
00:26Some passengers were injured after they jumped from a passenger jeepney
00:30to save themselves in the accident.
00:33The 29-year-old woman was dead on arrival
00:36while five others were injured and were taken to various hospitals in Quezon City.
00:41According to the jeepney's driver,
00:43he was traveling to Cubao from Fairview
00:45when he was spotted by a suspect in the area of Don Fabian,
00:48around 10 p.m. last night.
00:49But when he arrived in the area of Barangay Holy Spirit,
00:52this is where the suspect declared a hold-up.
00:55My passengers were screaming.
00:59Maybe they were nervous.
01:02I thought they were just joking.
01:05Because we know each other.
01:07When I looked at my rear-view mirror,
01:10I saw that the knife was on her arm.
01:14It was like that.
01:16She wasn't holding it like that.
01:18It was just like that.
01:19She was just showing it to the passengers.
01:21She admitted that it was all her fault.
01:23Even though the driver was with her,
01:25she was thrown into the jeep
01:26while the bag containing almost Php 1,000 was shaking.
01:30The duffer was near our rear.
01:33I thought we were going to crash.
01:34I was so scared.
01:35I don't know what to say.
01:36I was really jumping.
01:37The woman was taken to the hospital for the crime,
01:40but she was also arrested immediately.
01:42The suspect was injured badly
01:44after being hit by a man.
01:47When we arrived in the area,
01:49the riders were already there
01:51to chase the suspect.
01:53When we arrived there,
01:55we just stopped them
01:57because they were injured.
02:00We stopped the civilians
02:03and put the suspect in a mobile
02:05so that he wouldn't get hurt.
02:07The knife he used for the crime
02:09and the bag of a victim were recovered.
02:12The suspect admitted to committing the crime.
02:15When Kawatan confessed,
02:16he was already in prison in 2003
02:18for the theft case.
02:20This was the second time he was in prison.
02:23It's my family's fault.
02:26I lost my job.
02:28I deserve to be punished for what I did.
02:31The suspect is currently turned over
02:33to Holy Spirit Police Station
02:35and was transferred to the Criminal Investigation
02:37and Detection Unit in Camp Karingal.
02:39The suspect will face a robbery complaint
02:41with homicide and physical injury.
02:44Vel Custodio for Pambansang TV
02:47in Bagong, Philippines.
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