From the Philippine News Agency (Dec 30): South Cotabato PNP eyes cattle rustlers in cop's murder
Police authorities in South Cotabato on Thursday said Army and police personnel are hunting down about four gunmen who shot dead a police officer Wednesday dawn.
Senior Supt. Franklin Alvero, South Cotabato police provincial director, said the suspects in the murder of Police Officer 2 John Mark Escobillo of Tupi PNP were suspected cattle rustlers.
Escobillo, son of Vice Mayor Noel Escobillo of Tupi town, was heading for home on board a motorbike at dawn when he noticed about four men pulling a cattle along a dirt road.
Alvero said Escobillo stopped and asked what the four men were doing with the cattle during the wee hours of the morning.
But one of the suspects pulled a 12 gauge shotgun and opened fire on Escobillo. They then hurriedly left with the cattle.
Responding villagers rushed the victim to the hospital where he was declared dead on arrival due to multiple gunshot wounds in his abdomen.
Escobillo heads the Tupi PNP Community Police Assistance Center (COMPAC).
Identities of the attackers remained unknown.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=951540
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