Cop nabbed after shooting spree in Bulacan

MANILA, Philippines (ABS-CBN News) - A policeman landed in jail after a shooting spree that left one person dead and 2 more injured in Marilao, Bulacan, before dawn Tuesday.

Senior Superintendent Fernando Villanueva, Bulacan provincial police director, identified the suspect as Police Officer 1 Armand Canilang, assigned to the San Jose Del Monte City police station.

Villanueva said that Canilang shot dead a civilian identified as Arnel Dulsura and wounded another civilian and a barangay watchman in Barangay Ibayo.

He said that Canilang threatened to kill Dulsura and his friends as he and his 2 brothers were walking to their home. The policeman was drunk at the time after a drinking session with his 2 brothers.

Villanueva said Dulsura's group immediately filed a complaint at the nearby barangay outpost. As barangay officials were approaching Canilang and his 2 brothers, the policeman opened fire at them.

The provincial police chief said that Canilang has been arrested. Seized from him was his 9mm pistol service firearm. – (Report from Ramon Lazaro, DZMM Radyo Patrol)