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Wednesday, May 04, 2005
Traffic group member kills fellow cop over mahjong game
By Ruby P. Silubrico and Joel E. Capundan
A POLICE officer assigned at the Dao Police Station was shot dead by his fellow police officer during an altercation over a mahjong game on Sunday in Poblacion Ilaya, Panit-an Capiz. Killed was Senior Police Officer 3 Isen Delgado of Barangay Lanot Dao.
The suspect is Senior Police Officer 4 Alfonso Diestro of the Traffic Management Group in Roxas City.
The police said that the two were playing a mahjong with the victim's younger brother Perdiny, a retired police and Nicanor Macanay, the owner of the house when the altercation ensued between them.
Witnesses claimed that prior to the incident, a heated argument ensued between them but Boy Bintia pacified them. However, several minutes later, they argued again.
Witnesses said that Diestro tagged Delgado as "madaya." The latter denied it by saying "indi ako madaya."
Both got their .45 caliber firearms and fired at each other.
The younger Delgado who was around when his younger brother was gunned down, said that Diestro warned him not to participate the battle or else he will be shot also.
It was learned that the younger Delgado's wife is the niece of Diestro while the suspect and the victim are `compadre.'
Diestro is now confined at the Capiz Manuel Hospital after he surrendered to the Panitan Police Station.
He also surrendered his firearm. He has gunshot wounds on the left side of body and hands.
Autopsy
Dr. Owen Lebaquin of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Crime Laboratory based in Camp Delgado, Iloilo City who conducted an autopsy of the victim's cadaver at one funeral parlor in Roxas City last Tuesday said that four slugs of .45 caliber were recovered from the body of the victim.
He added that the victim succumbed to seven fatal gunshot wounds; one was at the lower neck, two at the chest and four at the right waist.
According to him, the victim might have been hit first in his neck and chest while the four wounds at his waist took place when the suspect finished the victim when the latter already fell down.
The paraffin test was also conducted on the same day to determine whether Delgado was able to return fire. Lebaquin said that the result would be released after one or two days.
Case
The case of homecide against the suspect is now being readied.
Senior Superintendent Cepriano Querol, newly installed provincial director of the Capiz PNP office gave his assurance on the speedy investigation of the incident.
It was learned that the Capiz PNP provincial office, Panitan police station and Dao police station have separate investigations of the incident.
(May 4, 2005 issue)
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