BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ILOILO City – A son of Sara, Iloilo’s Mayor Neptali Salcedo shot a man at the town’s public plaza.
Jonathan Cadellino of Barangay Domingo, Sara sustained a gunshot wound on his right foot.
Senior Police Office 1 Nerio Salcedo did not deny having shot Cadellino. But he said it was accidental.
The Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) is conducting an investigation.
“We want to know what really happened and if the policeman is administratively or criminally liable,” said Senior Superintendent Cornelio Salinas, provincial police director.
Salcedo is assigned at the Police Regional Office 6’s Regional Headquarters Support Group.
The shooting happened on Saturday around 4 p.m.
Cadellino, reportedly mentally unstable, appeared to be holding something inside his jacket while approaching Salcedo.
A suspicious Salcedo pulled out his gun then warned Cadellino to back off, but the man would not.
Salcedo claimed he had no plan to shoot Cadellino but accidentally pulled his gun’s trigger.
The investigation would be fair, said Salinas./PN
