Task group formed for kapitan’s slay
LINGAYEN–A Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) was formed by the Police Provincial Office to go after the suspects who shot and killed a barangay chairman and his companion at dawn of May 7 in barangay Salpad, San Nicolas.
The victims were Barangay Chairman Noel Ruiz, 40, of Barangay Salpad, and his nephew, Roger Quimo, 27.
The two were on their way to the town proper on board a single motorcycle driven by Quimo when they were ambushed along a barangay road in front of Salpad Elementary School.
Police Provincial Director Senior Superintendent Rosueto Ricaforte told newsmen on May 9 that “SITG Ruiz”, composed of members of the Provincial Investigation Branch (PIB), Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO) and the San Nicolas police, will determine the motive for the slaying and go after the killers.
Based on initial investigation, the suspects used a shotgun and left the crime scene on foot after the shooting.
Ricaforte said the police believe it was not guns-for-hire who perpetrated the crime since the perpetrators did not have any vehicle in their escape.
Based on the police report, Quimo was to bring Ruiz to the town proper where the latter was to join other barangay chairmen of San Nicolas at the bus station for a trip to Manila from where they will take a flight to Cebu for a convention.
ONE SO FAR
Ricaforte said Ruiz was so far the only barangay chairman in Pangasinan killed this year.
He acknowledged, however, that there was an attempt on the life of a woman barangay chairman from Lingayen, Zorfayda Arcinue, a few weeks ago.
In that incident, Arcinue’s husband, former Lingayen Vice Mayor Ramon Arcinue, was also wounded.
But Ricaforte stressed that case is already considered solved with the filing of charges against the suspects, one of them a brother-in-law of the lady barangay chairman.
Following the twin killing, the police in Pangasinan have strengthened their Police Integrated Patrol System (PIPS) to prevent any more high profile killings.
The PIPS include the setting up of checkpoints and police visibility.—LM
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