Police Files

VSMMC SHOOTING

Police said they arrested one of the two suspects who killed a medicine canvasser yesterday.

Albert Senining, 28, was arrested by authorities in his home in Visitacion Street, barangay Sambag Dos, Cebu City,  shortly before noon after witnesses implicated him in the killing of Louie “Lupin” Labitad last Wednesday.

Labitad was shot dead around 9 a.m. by a man wearing a full-faced helmet near the gate of Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC).

The gunman  fled on board a motorcycle driven by an accomplice.

A woman and a retired police official were also hit by stray bullets during the incident.

Senining said that though he knew Lupin, he had no hand in the crime.

Senining’s friend Gina Solo also defended him.

“Alas onse naman na siya nimata atong panahona kay nagpatimbang sa junkshop (He woke up around 11 a.m. already at that time because he went to the junkshop),” said Solo.

The victim’s live-in partner,  Rosalie Viajante, however, believes that  Senining was involved in the crime since he was seen at the area several times before the incident.

Chief Insp. Bonifacio Garciano said they are still looking for a witnesses to tell them whether Senining was the driver or the gunman.

Labitad of   sitio Kawayan, barangay Sambag Dos,  was hit in the head and chest. He is a nephew of the murdered suspected drug pusher Crisistomo Llaguno in 2010./correspondent chito aragon

Balamban road accident

A 40-year-old man died in a vehicular accident in barangay Abucayan, Balamban town, midwest Cebu, last Sunday morning.

Antonio Ceniza of barangay Bahing-tubig, who was on his way to town on board his motorcycle, did not make it to the Balamban Provincial Hospital alive.

Police said the victim was travelling in a zigzag manner when it collided with the tricycle of Joner Rivera, 31.

Rivera of barangay Baliwagan said he tried to avoid Ceniza, but it was too late.

He is now detained at the Balamban police station pending the filing of charges against him./correspondent gabriel bojoc

Carcar vehicular accident

A 27-year-old man died in a vehicular accident in barangay Perilos, Carcar City, last Sunday afternoon.

Philbert Palang, who was driving without helmet,  did not make it to the Carcar Distict Hospital alive.

Police initial investigation revealed that the victim tried to overtake another vehicle while on board his motorcycle but lost control and hit his head on the roadside railings.

The body will be subjected for autopsy./ UC MAIN INTERN MANUEL ALEXES TAN