COTABATO CITY – The man suspected of
killing a police officer in Mlang, North Cotabato, on Monday, has surrendered
and owned up to the crime.
Jerson Rey Dulana of Barangay Sangat
in M’lang, surrendered to authorities by calling Mayor Russel Abonado, Supt.
John Miredel Calinga, the town’s police chief, said.
Hours after Police Officer 3 Lovel
Tan was shot dead inside his boarding house at 8 a.m., Monday, the suspect
phoned Abonado expressing his desire to surrender and face the consequences for
the crime he committed. Abonado, in turn, informed the
police about Dulana’s desire to yield.
Police went to Dulana’s home in
Barangay Sangat where he was waiting for his arresting officers.
Calinga said Dulana went to Tan’s
boarding house where the two were last seen talking. A heated argument ensued
with the suspect pulling a .45-pistol.
Calinga said Tan ran to his room to
take his pistol but Dulana opened fire as the victim turned his back. As Tan
fell, the gunman fired more shots.
Calinga said Dulana worked as one of
Tan’s “assets” in intelligence gathering.
“It was a case of personal grudge,”
Calinga said, adding that Dulana, a job order worker of the M’lang local
government unit, confronted Tan about the extortion charges the victim had
filed against him. SFM/rga
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