DAPITAN
CITY (Nov. 2, 2018) - An illegal
discharge of firearm incident occurred at Purok Lanzones, Brgy. Sulangon, Dapitan
City, Zamboanga Del Norte at about 8:30 PM of November 1, 2018.
The Dapitan City Police identified the
victim as Herbert Bezar Sagario Sr., 42, male, married, construction worker and
a resident of Purok Lanzones, Brgy. Sulangon, Dapitan City.
He was admitted at Dr. Jose Rizal
Memorial Hospital at the emergency room with a gunshot wound on his left thigh.
Initial investigation conducted
disclosed that prior to the incident, the said suspect, believed to be under
the influence of liquor gone home at around 8:00pm and took his unlicensed gun
and went outside of his house.
Moments later, his children heard a gun
burst and immediately went outside. They discover that their father had a
gunshot wound and rushed to the Dr. Jose Rizal Memorial Hospital.
The investigator conducted interview to
the suspect and his children. At first, they refused to cooperate and hesitant
to turned-over the firearm.
Later, they revealed were they hiding
the gun. Intel personnel proceeded at the house of the suspect and recovered a 1-unit
Revolver .22 magnum without serial number with 4 live ammunitions and 2 empty
shell inside the cylinder beside the flower pot.
Subject person was brought to Dr. Jose
Rizal Memorial Hospital for medical treatment and further transferred to Zamboanga
Del Norte Hospital.
Meanwhile, at around 12:50am of
November 2, 2018, the suspect was discharged from the mentioned Hospital and
was brought and detained to Dapitan CPS for proper disposition.
