The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) commended a police officer who was wounded while apprehending an armed suspect in Brgy. Gargato, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental, on Tuesday, May 13.
PStaff Sgt Alvin Uy of the Hinigaran Police Station was wounded while pacifying alias “Juan”, 27, who was armed with a bladed weapon and acting violent.
Concerned citizens had reported that there was a man roaming around the neighborhood carrying a bladed weapon.
When the police arrived, the suspect acted violently and attacked Uy after the police officer confronted him.
The suspect was pacified while Uy sustained minor wounds.
The police recovered two bladed weapons from the suspect, who is now detained at the Hinigaran Police Station.
Uy was treated at the Hinigaran Medical Clinic and is now in stable condition.
PRO-NIR and the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office commended Uy.*