Retired Marine sergeant found dead inside Bonifacio firing range

From ABS-CBN (Jan 2): Retired Marine sergeant found dead inside Bonifacio firing range

A retired enlisted personnel of the Philippine Marines was found dead inside a firing range at the Naval Station Jose Francisco in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City on Friday morning, the Philippine Navy confirmed.

Marine Col. Edgard Arevalo, the commander of the civil military operations group of the Philippine Navy, identified the enlisted personnel as Romeo Sierra, a retired master sergeant of the Philippine Marines.
Sierra was also one of the range officers inside the said camp.

Based on initial investigation, Sierra was allegedly shot in the mouth. A .45-caliber pistol allegedly owned by the victim was found near his body.

Arevalo said based on closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera footage, Sierra arrived at the firing range at 6:58 a.m. on board a tricycle.

His body was found at 8:15 a.m. by an enlisted personnel of the Philippine Navy.

According to Arevalo, he has received reports that Sierra was having financial difficulties and was even trying to pawn his personal pistol to a colleague.

He, however, said it is now up to the Philippine National Police (PNP) to find out if Sierra committed suicide or if he was shot by a suspect.

Arevalo said Sierra's death has nothing to do with the shooting of Marine 1st Lt. Shelina Calumay in November and the robbery of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) commissary exchange service last year.
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