ANOTHER rape suspect, the third this year, was killed inside the police station Wednesday, December 12, after allegedly attempting to grab the firearm of an on-duty police officer.
Based on the police report provided by Davao City Police Office (DCPO) spokesperson Police Senior Inspector Ma. Teresita Gaspan, the suspect identified as Eduardo Sabino Cecondes, 41, was killed at 10:20 a.m. Wednesday.
Cecondes was charged with the rape of a five-year-old kindergarten pupil in an uninhabited building on December 9 while he was allegedly under the influence of alcohol.
The suspect was undergoing the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (Afis) at the lobby of San Pedro Police Station when he allegedly grabbed the service gun of one of the police officers facilitating the Afis.
The suspect pointed the gun at the officer and other policemen in the station. The officer’s back-up, a Women and Children Protection Desk (WCPD) investigator, shot the suspect,
Cecondes was rushed to the hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival from a gunshot wound to the chest.
The Scene of the Crime Operatives (Soco) team, who processed the crime scene, recovered three fired cartridge cases of caliber 9mm; fingerprint card of the suspect, issued firearm of the police officer with serial #33528 with one magazine assemble loaded with four live ammunition; caliber 9mm issued firearm of another responding officer with serial # 18893 with one magazine assembly loaded with 16 live ammunition.
The investigation team from Investigation and Detective Management Branch (IMDB) of DCPO was dispatched to San Pedro Police Station to conduct a parallel investigation on the incident and has requested for the Moto Propio Investigation from the City Internal Affairs Service (CIAS).
It can be recalled that in June this year, a suspect, who allegedly raped and killed a 16-year-old girl, was arrested on June 23 by members of the Talomo Police Station in Bago Gallera, Davao City.
The suspect was identified as James Barrete Narte, 35, a laborer, separated from his family and neighbor of the victim in Barangay Bago Gallera in Talomo District. Almost a week later, he was killed when he allegedly assaulted a cop.
In another incident, almost a month since his arrest, the suspect behind the brutal slay of a six-year-old child at Kilometer 9, Purok 11-A, Matina Pangi, Davao City succumbed to a gunshot wound on October 16, inside his detention facility after he allegedly fought back and tried to snatch the service firearm of a jail guard. He was identified as Rico Jay Lauron Labao, 27, construction worker and resident of Morio-Morio in the same barangay.