ILOILO City – The chief of Malay, Aklan’s police station was jailed for shooting the nephew of his wife in Barangay Tinio-an, Cabatuan, Iloilo on Tuesday night.
Police Major Jess Baylon surrendered to the Cabatuan police station after shooting Dennis Baylen, 27.
He said Baylen was unruly, armed with stones and a bottle and tried to harm his (Baylon) family.
The shooting happened at around 10 p.m.
Prior to it, Baylon said, a drunken Baylen mauled an uncle, Lambert Baylen, in front of his (Baylon’s) house.
The police officer said he stopped Baylen and told him to go home; on the other hand, he decided to let the uncle inside his house.
Moments later Baylen returned and pelted Baylon’s house with stones.
A stone hit Baylon’s wife unconscious.
The unruly Baylen tried to enter the house thus, Baylon said, he shot the suspect on both legs.
“I did not have the intention to kill him. I only wanted to neutralize him,” said Baylon.
After shooting Baylen, Baylon alerted the Cabatuan police and surrendered. He also gave up his service firearm.
Yesterday, Baylon filed a string of charges against Baylen – direct assault, trespass to dwelling and physical injury.
Baylen, on the other hand, filed an attempted homicide complaint against Baylon.
“What I did was only to protect my family. Take note that the incident happened inside my compound. I took a leave of absence to be with my son on his birthday. Dennis interrupted our celebration,” said Baylon./PN
