GENERAL SANTOS CITY – A policeman allegedly shot and killed a 19-year-old fisherman during an altercation in a videoke bar in Barangay Calumpang, this city, on Wednesday, February 21.
Police identified the victim as Marvin Bahian.
The suspect, Police Corporal Ekinne Semilla, 34, assigned to the Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat Municipal Police Station, was arrested the following day by pursuing policemen in Kidapawan City, North Cotabato, following an order from Police Brig. Gen. Jimili Macaraeg, Police Regional Office-12 director.
Macaraeg said aside from murder, Semilla faces administrative charges that may lead to dismissal from the service.
“Such erring behavior by a police officer was utterly unacceptable and will not be tolerated under any circumstances,” Macaraeg said.
Semilla figured in a gun-toting incident last December 17 when he was drunk in Barangay Calumpang.