Operatives of the Manila Police District (MPD) are searching for a former policeman who reportedly shot his girlfriend dead inside a motel room in Sta. Mesa, Manila on Friday, July 21.
Police identified the victim as Charmaine Baesa Medina, 32, a resident of Tondo, Manila.
MPD said the suspect, Rogelio Magsino Jr., was a dismissed officer of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO).
He was dismissed in 2020 after facing administrative charges for shooting a 16-year-old boy in Tondo.
"Yung kaso with minor, nakuha daw sa areglo. Kaya yung Administrative Cases lang ang nag push through. Yun ang ikina dismissed nya (The case with minor was settled. So only the Administrative Cases pushed through. That's what got him dismissed)," investigator said.
Based on the investigation, the woman and the suspect checked in at the said hotel Thursday afternoon, July 20.
The following day, the security guard of the hotel saw the suspect rushing to leave the hotel at around 7:30 a.m.
The guard tried to stop him but the suspect told him that he already informed the front desk and continued walking.
Police said the guard called the hotel personnel to check the room of the suspect. They found the woman lying on the floor with a gunshot wound in her chest and already dead.
The branch manager of the hotel immediately reported the incident to MPD Sta. Mesa Station (PS-8).
Responding police officers said the witnesses did not hear a gunshot or commotion in the area.
Police conducted a follow-up operation and went to the known address of the suspect, but they didn't find him there.
The MPD said follow-up operations continue to arrest the suspect.
Authorities are still establishing the motive behind the killing.