Trader in shooting of LTO officer yields
BRIG. GEN. CAMP VICENTE LIM, Calamba, Laguna –The suspect in the shooting of three people in Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro, including the assistant Land Transportation Office (LTO) district chief, on Saturday surrendered to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Oriental Mindoro.
Suspect Alvin Salazar, a businessman engaged in furniture trading, surrendered to the NBI-Mimaropa, according to Calapan City police chief Lt. Col. Roden Fulache.
Fulache said Salazar went into hiding for two days before his mother was able to convince him to surrender.
The shooting stemmed from an argument over Salazar’s failure to present his driver’s license and the certificates for the motorcycle he was driving during a routine LTO checkpoint inspection in Bgy. Canlubing 1 in Calapan City.
Angeles Marasigan, an 85-year-old store owner, and motorcycle shop owner Bernaldo Diño Jr. , were hit by stray bullets.
Marasigan died while being treated at the hospital.
LTO-Calapan deputy chief Gerardo Garcia was hit by a bullet in his back.
