Reported Incident - September 15, 2018

Shooting Incident

LABANGAN, Zamboanga del Sur (Sept. 2018) - Shooting incident transpired at Purok Greenfield, Old Labangan, Labangan, Zamboanga Del Sur at about 10:00am of September 16, 2018.

The victim was identified as Junrel Malolot y Decierdo, 21 years old, married, farmer and a resident of said place.

Initial investigation conducted disclosed, prior to the incident, the victim passed-by, near the house of the suspect identified as Latip Dagadas "aka" Latip Guimba, 40 years old, married, farmer, and a resident of same place.

The Victim noticed that the said suspect ran inside his house and right thereafter went outside already armed with High Powered Firearm (M14 Rifle) and there and then said suspect shot the victim several times without hesitation which the victim prompted to ran away for his safety.

Fortunately, victim was not hit and successfully escaped from the brutal attacked from the suspect while the suspect fled unseen direction after the incident.

Motive of the incident is personal grudge.

Motor Vehicular Traffic Accident

DUMALINAO. Zamboanga del Sur (Sept. 18, 2018) -  A Motor vehicular traffic accident (MVTA) transpired at about 5:20 PM of September 14, 2018 along the National Road Boundary of Barangay Tickwas crossing of Purok Magallanes, Barangay Malasik, all of Dumalinao, Zamboanga Del Sur.

The accident was involving one utility passenger van (Nissan Brand), color white with black combination on his lower part of the vehicles body with Plate Nr GSB-539, owned and registered under the name of certain Mr Ezomarr Nitollama, a resident of Poblacion Lapuyan. The vehicle was driven by Melvin Christian Lahagan Montibon, 25, married, and a resident of Purok Villiana, Barangay Salambuyan, Poblacion Lapuyan, Zamboanga Del Sur.

Accordingly while traversing on the abovementioned placed, the said driver accidentally loss control of his vehicle due to mechanical brake failure in which the said driver eluded one passenger van on his front and overtaking going to his right side of the road in which also during that time disembarking passengers.

As a result instantaneously hitting/bumped the following persons namely:

Michael Rullen, 33 yrs. old, married, a conductor by profession and a resident of Purok Bonifacio, Brgy Tickwas, Dumalinao,

One bystander named Cesar Carpentero Dela Torre, 20, single, student, and a resident of Purok Magallanes, Brgy Tickwas, Dumalinao, and three other passengers from the passenger van namedly:

Jessel Gaston, 24 yrs. old, single, plain housewife by proffession with his one month old baby and her mother

Mrs Kristina Gaston, 47 yrs old, both resident of Purok Marang, Barangay Malasik, Dumalinao.

All victims’ suffered head contusions; fractured legs, thigh and knees, and multiple serious physical injuries to the different parts of their bodies were immediately rushed to the nearest hospital for medical treatment, while the baby is now under observation by the doctors at Zamboanga Del Sur Medical Center, Dao Pagadian City.

Hacking Incident

AURORA, Zambonga del Sur (Sept. 18, 2018) - A hacking incident transpired at Purok Magat, Brgy Cabilinan, Aurora, Zamboanga Del Sur at about 10:25 PM of September 15, 2018.

Immediately, PNP team of Aurora proceeded to the above-mentioned place to verify the said report.

Initial investigation conducted disclosed that at about 10:15 PM of the same date, victim identified as one Joel Petiluna Y Terez, 31 years old, married, carpenter by occupation and a resident of Purok Badak, Brgy Cabilinan, Aurora, under the influence of intoxicating liquor.

He went to the house of the suspect identified as one Eustiquo Colubio Y Erap, 64 years old, married, farmer by occupation and a resident of aforesaid place (father-in-law of the victim). Arguments ensued between them.

That the suspect (Eustiquo) gets a scythe and hacked the victim several times hitting his head and arm.   

The victim Joel Petiluna Y Terez sustained a hacked wound on his head, chin and left finger and was brought immediately to Aurora Community Emergency (ACE) Hospital, situated at Brgy Cabilinan, Aurora, for medical treatment.

The suspect voluntarily surrendered to Punong Barangay Demar Quiño and now temporarily detained at Aurora MPS custodial facility for proper disposition.