MANILA, Philippines - A 16-year-old robber and a passenger were killed while an off-duty policeman was wounded during a foiled hold-up conducted by a group of youths on the passengers of a tricycle in Quezon City before dawn yesterday.

Meanwhile, Chief Inspector Ariel Capocao, deputy chief of the Quezon City Police District’s Criminal Inves-tigation and Detection Unit (QCPD-CIDU), said that recommendations have been made to give PO1 Santos Osorio a medal for his actions.

Capocao said that Osorio, who is assigned to the Regional Mobile Group of the National Capital Re¬gion Police Office (NCRPO-RMG), managed to kill one of the robbers despite being shot and hurt.

The police official identified the young dead robber as Rey Joseph Bartolome, 16, a resident of No. 8 Sampaguita St., Dama de Noche, Barangay Payatas, Quezon City.

Capocao said that Bartolome was the only one armed with an improvised shotgun among seven other male youths during an attempted holdup of a tricycle at around 1 a.m. yesterday along Sampaguita St., Dama de Noche, Barangay Payatas.

Bartolome shot Osorio as well as killed a passenger identified as Agosto Violata, a resident of Barangay Bagong Silangan, Quezon City. Violata died on the spot.

Capocao said that Osorio was already off-duty in civilian clothes and was on his way home at No. 98 Springfield St., in Payatas A, Quezon City.

Osorio and Violata were both riding behind the tricycle driver while three other passengers were aboard the sidecar when the robbery took place.

Capocao said that a group of youths blocked the path of the tricycle and declared a holdup.

For no reason, Bartolome suddenly fired a shot at the direction of Osorio and Violata. Violata sustained multiple gunshot wounds while the policeman sustained gunshot wounds in left leg and left side of his torso.