Ex-cop shoots cousin to death

By Glazyl Y. Masculino

 

BACOLOD City – Grudge allegedly prompted a former police officer to kill his cousin at Barangay Prosperidad, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental last Saturday.

Slain was Armando Arcillas, 63, of the said village.

Police Major Mark Angelo Junco, city police chief, said that Arcillas was on his way to his nephew’s house to buy meat, when he allegedly heard the suspect, 73-year-old Jonathan Sumiller, arguing with his nephew.

Arcillas approached Sumiller, who was believed to be drunk, but the latter allegedly got enraged and shot him.

Arcillas suffered seven gunshot wounds and was declared dead in a hospital.

Sumiller fled on board a pick-up truck and was later arrested at his sibling’s house in Barangay Quezon.

Police recovered from the scene eight fired cartridges of caliber .9mm ammunition.

Junco said that the victim and the suspect were very close before until they had a falling out due to a misunderstanding.

Junco said the suspect alleged that he threw the firearm he used in the crime.

Meanwhile, a retired soldier was injured after he was shot by an unidentified gunman at Barangay Bantayan, Kabankalan City last Thursday.

Wounded was Nestor Parcon, 77, of the said village, police records indicated.

The victim was sleeping inside the house when he was suddenly shot, hitting his right shoulder and abdomen. He is confined in a hospital.