Drunken Rizal cop shot by colleagues

A drunken policeman was shot in the leg by his colleagues who came to arrest him for shooting and wounding a tricycle driver neighbor in Antipolo City Tuesday.

After he was shot, SPO4 Valentin Quiteves, 55, locked himself up inside his house at the Galang compound in Barangay San Roque. He later surrendered to the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) members of the Antipolo City police.

He was rushed to the Camp Crame General Hospital for treatment.

Quiteves, assigned to the investigation and detective management section of the Rizal police, was walking on his way home at 6 p.m. Tuesday when he chanced upon tricycle driver Reynante de la Vega.

For unknown reasons, Quite—ves, who was under the influence of liquor, pulled out his service firearm and shot De la Vega in the buttocks. Bystanders rushed the tricycle driver to the hospital.

When he reached his home, neighbors claimed the drunken cop also opened fire at a house, causing panic in the neigh—borhood.

Senior Superintendent Fred—die Panen, Rizal provincial director, promptly dispatched two mobile vehicles to the scene. However, instead of surrendering, Quiteves opened fire at his colleagues.

Although wounded, Quiteves crawled inside his house and ignored calls for him to surrender.

He yielded only after a SWAT member negotiated his surrender.

Responding policemen found three empty shells from a caliber .45 automatic pistol and two spent shells from an Armalite rifle.

Police failed to recover Quiteves’ service firearm.

Panen said he would work for the dismissal from the police service of Quiteves, who only has a year left.