CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — A 50-year-old man who shot his daughter and took hostage his autistic son for 27 hours in Barangay Del Pilar here is now facing charges of illegal possession of firearms, frustrated parricide, and alarm and scandal.
City police chief Superintendent Benjamin Medina said suspect Dan Carreon remained detained at the City Hall jail here after the 27-hour hostage drama that ended at about 9:40 p.m. last Monday.
The hostage-taking ended after Carreon talked via cell phone to his estranged wife with whom he had wanted to reunite. He finally turned over his .45 calibre pistol which he used to hostage his 18-year-old austistic son Mark whom relatives said was close to his mother.
It was the same gun he used earlier to shoot his daughter Patricia, 28, who was pronounced out of danger at the local Mother Teresa of Calcutta Hospital where she was treated for bullet wounds in both legs.
Carreon held hostage his two children as soon as the two arrived at his residence in a cramped settlement in Barangay Del Pilar at about 5 p.m. last Sunday. He already had his gun when his children arrived and he shot Patricia who tried to flee as soon as she sensed something wrong with her father.
Medina said Carreon had demanded that his estranged wife be compelled to live with him again under one roof.
Medina said that Patricia and Mark usually visited their father during Sundays after their parents legally separated some years ago. “There was a court case on this and the judge ruled that the children had the option to visit their father during weekends,” he noted.
He said that the separation was triggered by the suspect’s physical abuse of his wife, even as he noted that eight years ago, Carreon had also hostaged his children, but his family did not push through with any legal case against him.
Hundreds of local folk witnessed the hostage drama amid negotiations led by the police with the support of the suspect’s relatives, including retired journalist Jess Regala and some local officials.
Medina said Carreon tied the hands of his son with a dog chain which was found later to have left bluish mark on Mark’s wrist.
He said Carreon gave up at about 9:40 p.m. the other day after he was given a cell phone which he used to talk to his wife who later told police she merely said yes to all that Carreon had asked her on the phone.
The suspect turned over his pistol, which turned out to be unlicensed, to the negotiators and policemen escorted him to a waiting SWAT van. City social workers briefly took Mark under their custody and fed him, as he had not eaten a meal during the entire hostage event. He was later turned over to the care of his mother.
“I don’t think the suspect is insane. He seems psychologically fine and could have merely allowed himself to be carried away by his problems,” Medina said amid reports that the suspect’s garments business was not doing well.
He also said the police would push through with the cases filed against Carreon regardless of whether his family would later forgive him. “But I don’t think the family will withdraw from the case,” he added.
The Carreon couple have two other children working abroad, one in Saudi Arabia and the other in Italy.
City police chief Superintendent Benjamin Medina said suspect Dan Carreon remained detained at the City Hall jail here after the 27-hour hostage drama that ended at about 9:40 p.m. last Monday.
The hostage-taking ended after Carreon talked via cell phone to his estranged wife with whom he had wanted to reunite. He finally turned over his .45 calibre pistol which he used to hostage his 18-year-old austistic son Mark whom relatives said was close to his mother.
It was the same gun he used earlier to shoot his daughter Patricia, 28, who was pronounced out of danger at the local Mother Teresa of Calcutta Hospital where she was treated for bullet wounds in both legs.
Carreon held hostage his two children as soon as the two arrived at his residence in a cramped settlement in Barangay Del Pilar at about 5 p.m. last Sunday. He already had his gun when his children arrived and he shot Patricia who tried to flee as soon as she sensed something wrong with her father.
Medina said Carreon had demanded that his estranged wife be compelled to live with him again under one roof.
Medina said that Patricia and Mark usually visited their father during Sundays after their parents legally separated some years ago. “There was a court case on this and the judge ruled that the children had the option to visit their father during weekends,” he noted.
He said that the separation was triggered by the suspect’s physical abuse of his wife, even as he noted that eight years ago, Carreon had also hostaged his children, but his family did not push through with any legal case against him.
Hundreds of local folk witnessed the hostage drama amid negotiations led by the police with the support of the suspect’s relatives, including retired journalist Jess Regala and some local officials.
Medina said Carreon tied the hands of his son with a dog chain which was found later to have left bluish mark on Mark’s wrist.
He said Carreon gave up at about 9:40 p.m. the other day after he was given a cell phone which he used to talk to his wife who later told police she merely said yes to all that Carreon had asked her on the phone.
The suspect turned over his pistol, which turned out to be unlicensed, to the negotiators and policemen escorted him to a waiting SWAT van. City social workers briefly took Mark under their custody and fed him, as he had not eaten a meal during the entire hostage event. He was later turned over to the care of his mother.
“I don’t think the suspect is insane. He seems psychologically fine and could have merely allowed himself to be carried away by his problems,” Medina said amid reports that the suspect’s garments business was not doing well.
He also said the police would push through with the cases filed against Carreon regardless of whether his family would later forgive him. “But I don’t think the family will withdraw from the case,” he added.
The Carreon couple have two other children working abroad, one in Saudi Arabia and the other in Italy.
