THE Mandaue police defended their move of subjecting guns seized from suspected guns-for-hire for ballistic examination.
Supt. James Goforth, chief of Deputy City Director for Operations (DCDO), said the ballistic examination should not be seen as a desperate move to solve the July 22 killing of businessman Antonio Ouano since it is a normal police procedure.
Goforth said the results could help in the investigation if it is proven in the cross-matching that the shells recovered from the scene of the crime match the guns seized from arrested armed men.
Ouano was shot dead by a motorcyle rider while he was driving his sports utility vehicle near the Cebu International Convention Center on the way to a court hearing. REPORTER JUCELL MARIE P. CUYOS