Batangas City shootout: Suspect dies, cop hurt – police | Inquirer News

Batangas City shootout: Suspect dies, cop hurt – police

By: - Correspondent / @dtmallarijrINQ
/ 11:42 AM September 03, 2023

Cop hurt, suspect allegedly shoots self to death in Batangas City

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LUCENA CITY — A suspect died while a police officer was wounded in a shootout in Batangas City on Saturday (September 2).

The Batangas police said in a report Sunday that a team of local police officers who were conducting a follow-up operation found their target, Aristotel De Chavez, inside one of the rooms of a hotel in Barangay (village) Sta. Rita Karsada around 9:40 p.m.

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But instead of surrendering, the police said de Chavez fired at the authorities and hit Staff Sergeant Paciano Asilo on his thigh.

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The police returned fire to defend themselves. When they made the assault on de Chavez’s location, they found him already dead and lying on the floor with a gunshot wound to his head.

Investigators believed that de Chavez may have shot himself with his own firearm. The caliber of the gun was not specified in the report.

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Asilo was taken to the hospital for treatment and is now in stable condition.

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Police said de Chavez was a suspect in a shooting case in Barangay Balagtas early Saturday morning.

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De Chavez reportedly escaped and sought shelter inside one of the rooms in a hotel.

The report did not provide further details about the earlier shooting incident.

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The body of the fatality will be subjected to a post-mortem examination and autopsy to determine the nature of his death.

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