The chief of the Muntinlupa Police condemned the killing of a police officer and his wife in Barangay Alabang on Sept. 16.
Capt. Aminoden Mangonday, 40, chief of the Muntinlupa Police’s Community Affairs Section, and his wife, Mary Grace, 40, were shot dead by an unidentified man at about 1:10 a.m. inside their home at Tierra Villas in L&B Compound, Ilaya Street in Barangay Alabang, Muntinlupa.
Capt. Aminoden Mangonday of the Muntinlupa Police (Photos from Mangonday's Facebook account)
Capt. Aminoden Mangonday and his wife Mary Grace (Photo from Mangonday's Facebook account)
Their 12-year-old daughter, Shasmeen Ameena, was wounded in the attack.
Col. Robert Domingo, Muntinlupa Police chief, vowed to thoroughly investigate the killing.
“The Muntinlupa City Police Station is deeply saddened by the untimely passing of Pcpt. Aminoden S. Mangonday and his wife in their home. Pcpt. Mangonday was a dedicated officer who served our community with honor and distinction. His loss is a tragedy for our city and for the entire law enforcement community,” said Domingo.
He added, “We call for a swift and thorough investigation, the immediate apprehension of the perpetrators, and the pursuit of justice to the fullest extent of the law. We will undertake a swift and thorough investigation for the immediate apprehension of the perpetrators, in the pursuit of justice and to the fullest extent of the law.”
Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon also condemned the attack.
“We condemn in the strongest terms the brazen attack on the family of PCPT Aminoden Mangonday which has resulted in the death of the police officer and his wife and the wounding of his daughter. This act of violence against a law enforcement officer and his family should be investigated thoroughly, leaving no stone unturned to find the perpetrators and the mastermind and prosecute them. The people of Muntinlupa mourn for this loss of a fellow public servant and his wife,” he said.
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