Was waiting for a ride when six unidentified men on board three motorcycles approached him and shot him. He died on the spot, while the gunmen fled after the incident.
Nartates, formerly assigned at the Rizal police provincial office, was reported to have gone AWOL and to work for Acsaimin “alias Mac-mac” Boratong. Eastern Police District director Chief Superintendent Romulo Sapitula said Macmac continued the illegal drug trade of his uncle Amin Imam Boratong, who was arrested during a shabu tiangge raid in 2006.