Mandaluyong cops relieved over shooting incident

MANILA - The chief of Mandaluyong Police and 10 other policemen have been ordered temporarily relieved pending investigation of a shooting incident Thursday night, December 28, that left two people dead and two others in critical condition.

In a press conference, National Capital Region Police chief Oscar Albayalde said Senior Supt. Moises Villaceran, Mandaluyong Police chief, and 10 of his men were under the custody of the Mandaluyong PNP. The Regional Internal Affairs Service will conduct the investigation.

"Everybody will be subjected to paraffin test. Lahat ng (All) firearms were already submitted to the crime lab for ballistics examination also," Albayalde said.

Albayalde said they were not discounting possible violation of Police Operational Procedures and the possible overkill in the incident.

"We are not hiding anything here. We are not discounting the fact na posibleng mayroong, if you may say, overkill o may violation ng POP," he said.

Two people were killed Thursday night after Mandaluyong police shot at a white Mitsubishi Adventure that they thought had carried suspects in a previous shooting incident.

The shooting incident at corner Shaw Boulevard and old Wack-Wack Road, which was later found to be a case of mistaken identity, stemmed from a heated argument between a group of construction workers and their neighbors in Addition Hills. Keith Calayag / SunStar Philippines