PCG condemns killing of apprentice seaman
THE Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) condemned the recent killing of a 23-year-old apprentice seaman by an unidentified gunman in Sual on January 11.
In a statement Thursday posted on Facebook, PCG District Southern Tagalog Commander, CG Commodore Genito Basilio, under whose command the victim was assigned, expressed his condolences to the bereaved family of CG Apprentice Seaman (ASN) Angelo Martinez whom he remembered “as a trustworthy staff and a son who set aside his personal plan to fulfill his dreams and aspirations for his parents”.
“He will not be able to achieve his dreams and aspirations anymore as he was ruthlessly slayed by a still unknown gunman. Rest in peace, CG ASN Angelo Martinez. My snappy salute to you. Salamat sa serbisyo mo sa bayan, anak,” Basilio wrote.
Martinez, a resident of Barangay Bolaoen in Sual town, was having a conversation with the suspect at Barangay Paitan West, corner Bolaoen Road in Sual at around 11:45 p.m. before he was shot in the mouth.
A concerned citizen spotted the victim’s body lying beside his motorcycle and immediately reported the incident to the nearest police station.
The Sual Rescue Team recovered two cartridges of cal. 9mm gun found beside the victim’s body.
The victim was declared dead on arrival at the Primary Care Infirmary Facility in Sual. (Eva Visperas)
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