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Ex-cop killed in Sorsogon shooting

/ 01:36 AM January 29, 2021

LEGAZPI CITY — A former police officer was shot dead in Casiguran town, in Sorsogon province following a heated argument with a drinking buddy on Thursday.

Police Colonel Arturo Brual Jr.,  director of Sorsogon police,  identified the victim as Edwin Estavillo, 51, a resident of Barangay (village) Central in Casiguran.

Brual said in a report that Estavillo was having a drinking session inside a hut in Barangay Simal-ot with several of his friends at 1:40 p.m. when it turned into a heated argument with one of them, identified as Roberto Hapin, 55.

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Hapin then shot Estavillo on the head and body, killing him on the spot.

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The suspect fled after the incident but was arrested in a pursuit operation by the Casiguran police.

Police recovered a caliber .45 pistol from Hapin.

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Estavillo was formerly assigned at the Police’s 1st Provincial Mobile Force Company in Sorsoson but was dismissed from service in 2011 for grave misconduct, the report said.

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