Barangay Councilor shot to death in Guipos town

By JONG D. CADION

PAGADIAN CITYM Zamboanga del Sur (March 21, 2018) – A Barangay Councilor was died on the spot after he was shot Tuesday evening by a certain Purok President in the town or Guipos in this province.

Guipos town police chief P/Insp Simplicio Pasaol identified the victim as Mario Bustamante 58, Barangay Kagawad of Barangay Sikatuna in the said town. While the suspect also identified as Jerson Reyes, 33, President of Purok 3 of the same barangay.

In the initial police investigation disclosed that the suspect used his homemade 12 gauge shot gun and fled towards barangay proper after the shooting but few hours after the suspect voluntarily surrendered to the authorities.

Police Inspector Pasaol said the suspect accepted the commssion of crime due to self depense.

It was learned that on Tuesday at 9 pm, the suspect together with his brother  Francisco Reyes went to their house and fired first their gun that force the suspect to fire back hitting the victim.

The suspect is now detained at the municipal police station for proper disposition.