ILOILO City – Corporal Rolando Lozada Jr. of the Iloilo City Police Mobile Force is under investigation.
He unnecessarily fired his gun in Barangay Bolong Este, Santa Barbara, Iloilo while on his way to Iloilo City after a fight with his girlfriend, according to Police Colonel Paul Kenneth Lucas, director of the Iloilo Police Provincial Office.
The gun firing happened at around 11:30 p.m. on Feb. 16, said Lucas.
“When our personnel checked the area, Lozada was no longer around,” said Lucas.
But they recovered a spent bullet shell of a .9mm pistol.
“When we learned about it, we immediately got Lozada’s service firearm, a caliber .9mm Glock 17 pistol,” said Police Captain Shella Mae Sangrines, spokesperson of the Iloilo City Police Office.
She also said the Provincial Internal Affairs Service of the Iloilo Police Provincial Office is the one conducting the investigation because the incident happened in the province.
Lozada could be facing an administrative charge. He declined to issue a statement./PN
