Pinoy on FBI’s most wanted list

A Filipino convicted of murder has been included on the list of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.

The FBI posted a notice on their website calling on witnesses to submit information on Philip Patrick Policarpio, 39, wanted for the murder of his pregnant girlfriend Lauren Elaine Olguin and her unborn child.

Policarpio's name was added on the FBI's list last May 19, 2016.

A $100,000 reward was set for information leading to the arrest of Policarpio, who shot his pregnant girlfriend "at a party in the Rampart area of Los Angeles last month."

Los Angeles Fugitives Task Force member Special Agent Scott Garriola said Policarpio immediately went into hiding following the attack and violated his parole for his 2001 conviction in the process.

LA Times reported that the FBI described the suspect, whose aliases include Bugsy, as "mentally unstable and an illegal drug abuser."

Policarpio was said to have traveled to Las Vegas,  and that he "has ties to the Philippines."

"His pattern is one of violence, and he is always armed... He is the definition of a continuing threat to the community," Garriola told LA Times.

Policarpio is described as 5-foot-8, weighing 150 to 165 pounds with brown eyes, black hair, eyeglasses, and moles on his face. He has tattoos on his back, arms, left thigh, and chest.

In a YouTube video, Policarpio is named among FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitive. — Rie Takumi/LBG, GMA News