Suspect in fatal shooting of Abra nurse arrested

SAN ILDEFONSO, Ilocos Sur— Police arrested a suspect in a shooting incident believed to be a case of road rage that left a nurse dead and his daughter wounded in Bangued, Abra, on Friday night, Oct. 23.

The suspect was arrested at around 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, along Felix Tuanquin Street in Poblacion, Tayum, Abra, following a hot pursuit operation by personnel of the Bangued Municipal Police Station and the 1st Provincial Mobile Force Company.

Police said the shooting occurred at around 9 p.m. on the Bacsil-Angad road in Bangued as the victims and some of their family members were heading home aboard a car.

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According to an initial police investigation, unidentified gunmen in two motorcycles fired repeatedly at the victims before fleeing toward Sitio (sub-village) Sicob in Barangay Angad.

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The male victim, a resident of Sitio Bacsil in Barangay Angad and nurse at Abra Provincial Hospital, sustained a gunshot wound to the head. He was taken to Assumpta Family Hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival.

His daughter suffered gunshot wounds to her left back and left thigh and was also brought to the hospital for treatment.

Police recovered three .45-caliber shell casings, one bullet and a metal fragment from the crime scene.

During the operation that led to the suspect’s arrest, authorities seized a .45-caliber pistol without markings or a serial number, an empty magazine attached to the firearm, and another empty magazine found inside a black sling bag.

Police said the investigation is ongoing and that appropriate legal proceedings were being pursued against the suspect. /