Six rookie cops face raps over youth slays

At least six members of the Manila Police District (MPD) will be slapped with both criminal and administrative charges today after they were tagged as principal suspects in the shooting to death of two youths and the wounding of two others shortly after midnight last Saturday near the Caloocan-Manila boundary.

Senior Superintendent Geronimo Reside, Caloocan City police chief, identified the suspects as Inspector Brendo Macapaz, SPO1 Adriano Parco, SPO1 Reynaldo Buan, PO2 Alfonso de Guzman, PO2 Rommel Dimaguiba and PO2 Joey Millanez.

City deputy police chief Superintendent Napoleon Cuaton, who is in charge of the investigation, said the officers face two counts of murder and two counts of frustrated murder in the case that will be filed today before the Caloocan City Prosecutor’s Office.

He said the suspects are also facing administrative raps before the Internal Affairs Service of the Northern Police District (NPD) for violation of police procedural operations and face summary dismissal from the service.

Reside said Macapaz and his group violated standard police procedures. — Jerry Botial