A man was wounded and arrested after he allegedly took a security guard’s firearm and exchanged gunfire with responding police officers in Brgy. Mansilingan, Bacolod City, Friday night, Oct. 16.
The incident happened at around 10 p.m. along Mansilingan-Murcia Road in front of the Open Market.
The Bacolod City Police Office identified the suspect only as alias “Toto.”
Initial investigation showed that the suspect allegedly forcibly took the service firearm of a 35-year-old security guard assigned at the Open Market building.
Personnel of Police Station 7 responded after receiving a report from a concerned citizen.
Police said responding officers encountered the suspect armed with a firearm and ordered him to drop the weapon.
The suspect allegedly pointed the gun at the officers and fired, prompting police to return fire.
The suspect sustained injuries and was brought to the Bacolod Adventist Medical Center for treatment.
The security guard, a resident of Bago City, also sustained several non-fatal injuries and was given first aid at the scene.
Police recovered a 9mm pistol loaded with live ammunition from the suspect.
No other persons were reported injured in the incident.
The Scene of the Crime Operatives was requested to process the area as investigators continue to establish the complete circumstances surrounding the incident.
Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region director Brig. Gen. Rudecindo Reales commended the responding personnel for quickly containing the situation.
BCPO said further investigation is ongoing and appropriate charges will be determined based on the evidence gathered.*
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