2 killed including allegedly drunk cop who opened fire inside the MPD HQ

Two police officers were killed Friday night, including an allegedly drunk cop who started indiscriminately shooting inside the Manila Police District (MPD) headquarters, according to Mai Bermudez’s report on “24 Oras Weekend.”

“May dalawa tayong tinamaan sa indiscriminate firing na iyon,” said MPD Director Bridagier General Leo Francisco.

[Two people were shot during that indiscriminate firing.]

The allegedly drunk police officer was identified as Police Executive Master Sergeant Reynante Dipasupil of the MPD Police Intelligence Operation Unit.

The other fatality was identified as Police Executive Master Seargent Romeo Cantal while Police Staff Sergeant Reynaldo Coldova was injured.

Francisco said Dipasupil was not on duty on Friday evening. However, he insisted on retrieving a weapon from his office.

“Kasi itong tao ay naka-assign sa DPIOU. Lasing na lasing. Although ang initial na investigation ay sarado ang DPIOU office kanina mga alas-diyes, pinilit niya itong pasukin. ” Francisco said.

[He’s assigned to the DPIOU. He was very drunk. Although initial investigation showed that the DPIOU office was closed, he broke into the room.]

“Dinistrongka niya ang mga pinto nito, kinuha niya ‘yung firearms. Isang long— ‘yung kaniyang service firearm. Na-recover naman natin,” he added.

[He broke the doors down and took a rifle. He also had his service firearm on him, but we've now recovered all of the weapons.]

Based on the initial investigation, Dipasupil fired a weapon once, then went to the ground floor.

The suspect then fired at Francisco’s office.

“Una pumasok siya sa Office of the Director. Kaya lang may mga naka-duty ako doon, so ang ginawa niya, binaril niya ‘yung salamin ng Office of the Director. So wala naman ako kanina,” he said.

[First, he went to the Office of the Director. But I had on-duty officers there, so what he did was he fired at the office's glass partition. I was not there at that time.]

Authorities are looking into the motive for the crime.

Dipasupil meanwhile was taken to hospital but passed away from his wounds. — Joahna Lei Casilao/DVM, GMA News