PAGADIAN CITY – Police arrested a village chieftain who shot and wounded a 16-year old student in the southern Philippine province of Zamboanga del Norte, officials said Monday.
Officials said the victim, Melquisedec Moncida, was seeking help from the village hall after a group of men attacked him at a disco party in the village of New Sicayab in Polanco town late Sunday.
Monsida told police investigators that when he arrived at the village hall, Marianito Paalisbo, chieftain of New Sicayab, suddenly pulled out his gun and hit him behind his head even though he told him he was only seeking help.
The victim said he crawled outside the village but Paalisbo followed him and shot him in the left leg. The village official fled after the shooting, leaving behind the bloodied teenager who was rushed by civilians to the hospital.
It was unknown why Paalisbo shot the victim instead of protecting him from those who were threatening the teenager with harm.
“The victim sustained a gunshot wound in his left leg…and was rushed to Zamboanga del Norte Medical Center in Dipolog City while the suspect Barangay Captain Marianito Paalisbo left the to evade arrest and was eventually tracked down and arrested by the police,” said Major Helen Galvez, a regional police spokesman.
Galvez said policemen who responded to the shooting recovered two shells of a 9mm pistol from the area. “The suspect is now temporarily detained at the Polanco municipal police station,” she said, adding, police also seized a 9mm pistol and bullets from Paalisbo. (The Zamboanga Post)
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