MANHUNT. The Agusan del Sur Police Provincial Office is conducting a manhunt against Patrolman Jhon Paul Gerida. Gerida, a member of 2nd Agusan del Sur Provincial Mobile Force Company, allegedly shot and seriously wounded his superior office on Friday night (December 6). (Photo courtesy of Agusan del Sur Provincial Police Office)
BUTUAN CITY – The Agusan del Sur Provincial Police Office (ADSPPO) has launched a manhunt against a patrolman who shot his superior officer.
In a statement on Saturday, Col. Ringo Zarsozo, ADSPPO chief, said they have set up checkpoints in the towns of Bunawan, Rosario, Trento and other areas in Agusan del Sur to capture the suspect, Patrolman Jhon Paul Gerida.
Gerida was assigned at the 2nd Agusan del Sur Provincial Mobile Force Company based in Barangay Bunawan Brook, Bunawan, Agusan del Sur.
A report of the Bunawan police showed that Gerida was called to the office of his superior officer, Lt. Col. Rex Lomente on Friday night.
After several minutes, gunfire was heard from the Lomente’s office, the police report said.
Members of the mobile force immediately rushed inside the office and found the officer with a gunshot wound in the head, police said.
Police said Lomente was immediately rushed to Bunawan District Hospital and was later brought to the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) in Davao City.
As of posting, Lomente is still in SPMC undergoing medications, Zarsozo said.
Police said Gerida, a resident of Purok 6, Barangay Taganito, Claver, Surigao del Norte, has been in the police service for more than four years. (PNA)
