ANGELES CITY– A tricycle driver allegedly fi red an unlicensed gun and threatened his sister-in-law in front her house in Arayat Blvd., Barangay Pampang here last Monday.
SPO3 Restituto Santos said suspect Loreto Bagunbayan, 21, a tricycle driver, was positively identified by his alleged victim, Rosemary Garcia, 27, housewife.
But the suspect denied the Man lands in jail for firing gun accusations and on the contrary told responding policemen that Garcia was just making up a story and there was no firearm involved. However, Garcia insisted that the suspect verbally threatened her before leaving to get his gun.
The suspect allegedly came back holding in his left hand an unknown type of short firearm and a single shot rang out, Garcia said, pointing downward near where she was standing.
Santos said a partially deformed slug was recovered from the immediate vicinity where the suspect reportedly fired his gun. “We found and recovered a partially deformed slug of unknown caliber beneath the sandy ground where the alleged shot was fired,” Santos said.
The policeman said Bagunbayan was placed under arrest and immediately brought to the Angeles City Crime Lab Office for paraffin test. Based on the chemistry test report issued by Chief Insp. Angel Timario, forensic chemist, the presence of gun powder nitrates was positively found on the left hand of the suspect.
Further investigation showed that a misunderstanding between the immediate family of the victim and Bagunbayan’s wife preceded the incident.
– Angelica Ermitaño and Jaegun Jeong, AUF-OJT
