| | The
two suspects for the killing of SPO1 Inocencio Mar of the Inabanga police station
last Thursday are now in police custody. 
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ARREST. Alert operatives arrested Joselito Taghoy (seated) prime suspect of
the murder of SPO1 Inocencio Mar while the other suspect Modesto Diacor (second
from left) is presented to the media by PNP Provincial Director Arturo Evangelista
(in sunglasses) with Buenavista Mayor Landring Tirol (center) and Inabanga police
chief Lorenzo Batuan.
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| | The
suspects, identified as Joselito Taghoy, 24, and Modesto Diacor, 18, both residents
of barangay Rufo Hill, Buenavista town were brought to the Intelligence and Investigation
Section, Camp Dagohoy yesterday for interrogation. According
to the suspects, around 2 o'clock in the morning last Thursday, during the town
fiesta of Inabanga, they went to barangay Cagayan of said town to visit a lady
friend when SPO1 Mar allegedly shot at |
them,
for no apparent reason, hitting the left calf of Taghoy.Diacor
was able to draw his .38 caliber revolver and fired back at the police officer
hitting him on the chest.
Mar
was rushed to the nearby Francisco Dagohoy Municipal Hospital (FDMH) were he was
pronounced dead on arrival.
Diacor
fled the crime scene but Taghoy, who was bleeding from his gunshot wound took
refuge in a deserted area where he was spotted around 7 o'clock in the morning
by a resident who reported him to the police.
He
was brought to Dagohoy Hospital but was later transferred to the Gov. Celestino
Gallares Memorial Hospital here for further treatment.
Meanwhile,
Diacor surrended to Buenavista Mayor Leandro Tirol last Friday, who later turned
him over to police authorities.
Police
are still investigating into the cause of said shootout. |
