Cop in Tondo shooting surrenders

The cop involved in the shooting incident in Tondo, Manila early Friday morning surrendered to authorities.

Manila Police District Homicide Division chief Police Captain Henry Navarro told GMA News Online that suspect Police Corporal Norman Alvin Santos surrendered to his office at 1:30 p.m.

In a separate interview on QRT, Navarro said right after the shooting incident, police immediately went to Santos' relatives, advising them to help in telling Santos to surrender.

"Right after po ng insidente, bumaba po kami sa lugar ng pinangyarihan, ganon na rin po sa address na nakasaad sa kaniyang file, pinuntahan namin 'yung mga kamag-anak niya at pinaliwanagan namin na sabihan si Corporal Santos na di makakabuti sa kaniya kung mananatili siyang at large," Navarro said.

"Kaya nakumbinsi naman po namin. Later on nagpahiwatig po siya ng intensyon na sumuko po," he added.

One Joseph Marga was killed and a certain Mark Lester Quiñones was injured in the incident in Barangay 106.

Earlier reports said the cop was drunk when the incident happened.

Navarro said Marga had a heated argument with the cop because the former was asking Santos to remove his motorcycle that was parked in front of the victim's house.

"According sa kaniyang salaysay, nagiinom po sila doon sa tapat ng bahay ng biktima hanggang dumating nga po 'yung biktima, medyo nagkaroon sila ng palitan ng maanghang na salita dahil diumano pinapatanggal ng biktima 'yung motor ng ating pulis na nakaparada sa tapat ng bahay ng biktima," he said.

"Naawat naman sila pero umalis 'yung biktima pero bumalik diumano may mga kasama ng kalalakihan na may dalang tubo, itak at doon na ho nagkagulo..." he added.

Navarro said Quiñones, who is still being treated in the hospital, was a companion of Santos.

Police were able to recover the policeman's 9MM berreta, a magazine loaded with 12 ammunition and two empty cartridges.—LDF, GMA News