MetroBriefs: Ex-cop, partner shot dead in Caloocan

Ex-cop, partner shot dead in Caloocan

A DISMISSED policeman and his live-in partner were shot dead Thursday morning while traveling together on a motorbike in Camarin, Caloocan City.

Richard Guiab and his partner, identified only as Devorah as of press time, were passing through Jasmine Street in Barangay 175 when ambushed by two gunmen who were also on a motorbike, according to PO3 Rhyan Rodriguez of the Caloocan police’s North-Extension Office.

Both victims died of multiple gunshot wounds and at least nine bullet casings were recovered at the crime scene. Guiab, 34, used to be a police officer assigned to Bulacan province, investigators said.

The fatal ambush was the fourth to be carried out by still unidentified assailants in Caloocan over the past two weeks. Jodee A. Agoncillo

Man in packed Caloocan jail dies of heart attack

A 50-YEAR-OLD man detained since last week by the Caloocan City police died of a heart attack Thursday afternoon, officials said.

Larry Villamer, who was jailed at the police headquarters on May 28 for alleged possession of illegal drugs, was pronounced dead at Caloocan City Medical Center around 1:45 p.m., 20 minutes after he collapsed while in detention.

SPO4 Ernesto Daria, chief of the detention unit, admitted that the heat and overcrowding in the jail may be a factor in Villamer’s death.

The jail was meant for only 50 men but it is currently packed with up to 80 due to delays in the issuance of commitment orders from the Department of Justice, Daria said.

“We pity them but we cannot do anything about it. I have already written a letter to speed up the process for their sake,” he added. Jodee A. Agoncillo

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