QUEZON CITY, Philippines – Two people were killed while a police officer was wounded when armed men tried to rob tricycle passengers in Quezon City early Sunday morning, police said.

Seven men armed with homemade guns blocked a tricycle carrying several passengers around 1 a.m. in Payatas, according to Senior Police Officer 1 Remo Duro.

One of the passengers, however, was a police officer.

The robbers apparently panicked and fired their guns, killing passenger Agusto Vilota.

PO1 Osorio Santos, who was one of the passengers, immediately returned fire and killed one of the suspects, identified as Rey Joseph Bartolome.

Santos himself was hit in the leg by gunfire while the other passengers and the driver were unharmed.

The robbers, who have yet to be identified, escaped, according to police investigators. – Report from Dennis Datu, dzMM TeleRadyo