Mayor Uy presides over an emergency CPOC meeting

Mayor Reynaldo Uy with Vice Mayor Ronaldo Aquino and DILG City Director Valente Bajet.

Mayor Reynaldo Uy presided over an emergency City Peace and Order Council (CPOC) meeting this morning. On the agenda was the shooting incident in Barangay Migara last Sunday July18, 2010.

Newly-installed Calbayog Chief of Police, Senior Superintendent Nestor Valenzuela gave a spot report on the incident.

On or about 11:00 pm of July 18, 2010 at Brgy. Migara, Calbayog City, particularly inside the house of Rose Sofronio, joint operation of PCP II and Calbayog City Police Station, PNP personnel led by P1 Rolando Diaz, chief PCP II together with SPO2 Roberto Labian and PO3 Bebiano Caber were about to serve the warrant of arrest on (one) Lito Abajo (legal age, single and resident of Brgy. Migara) for murder in Criminal Cases No. 5086. 6291 and 6386. Therein said Lito Abajo while armed with M-16 armalite rifle suddenly opened fire to the arresting officers resulting in PO3 Joseph Justiniano Sagadal sustaining gunshot wound on his left hand which resulted to his two fingers being amputated. The suspect managed to evade arrest. PO3 Joseph Justiniano was rushed to the St. Camillus Hospital for medication. elements of Calbayog City Police Station led by P1 Rolando Diaz, together with SPO2 Roberto Labian, SPO1 Nilo Martija, PO3 Nemesio Terado, PO3 Bebiano Caber, PO3 Charles Coprada, PO2 Rodelio Catamora, PO2 Jose Jay Senario and PO1 Allan Labrague conducted joint manhunt operation for the possible arrest of the suspect. Recovered inside the house of Rose Sofronio were one (1) unit caliber 38 with five (5) live ammos inside the cylinder, no marking and no serial number, one (1) piece short magazine and one (1) piece long magazine of M-16 armalite rifle, one hundred twenty-five (125) pieces live ammos of M-16 armalite rifle, eighteen (18) pieces empty shells of M-16 armalite rifle."

As of this writing suspect Lito Abajo is still at-large.

Upon the instruction of the CPOC Chair, details on how to settle the issue and other related matters discussed during the emergency CPOC meeting were "off the record".

Calbayog COP SSupt Nestor Valenzuela as he gave his report.