An official of the Northern Police District (NPD) on Wednesday said that the three policemen linked to the death of a 17-year-old boy in Caloocan City on June 15 were not yet off the hook.<\/p>\n
Inspector Jose Hizon, head of the NPD investigation unit, told the Inquirer that administrative charges were filed on Wednesday against Police Officers 1 Orlando de Leon, who is assigned to the NPD Department of Public Safety Battalion; Jelson Eugenio, a member of the National Capital Region Police Office\u2019s Regional Public Safety Battalion; and Jeffrey Antonio, who is assigned to the Philippine National Police\u2019s Aviation Security Group.<\/p>\n
Of the three, only Eugenio remains at large.<\/p>\n
The policemen were earlier charged with reckless imprudence resulting in homicide after they tried to break up a fight between two groups of minors.<\/p>\n
Shots, however, were fired, leaving a 17-year-old boy dead and two other minors wounded. A witness later claimed that the bullet that killed the victim came from the police.<\/p>\n
Despite the filing of charges against the three policemen, Caloocan Assistant City Prosecutor Darwin Canete recommended their release \u201cfor further investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can\u2019t just leave [it] like that. A minor died,\u201d Hizon told the Inquirer.<\/p>\n
He said that the fate of the three policemen would depend on the results of the investigation to be conducted on the administrative charges filed against them.<\/p>\n
Based on a police investigation, De Leon and Antonio were the ones who responded when a brawl broke out between two warring groups of minors on Progreso Street in Bagong Barrio, Caloocan City, on June 15.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, a witness said that Eugenio, a resident in the area, also went to the site to help break up the fight.<\/p>\n
De Leon and Antonio later claimed that the youngsters attacked them and fired upon them, forcing them to fire back to defend themselves. In the ensuing firefight, 17-year-old James Pagar died while two other boys, also minors, were wounded.<\/p>\n
A witness had claimed that the bullet that killed Pagar was fired by Eugenio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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