Frank Gregorio’s widow pained by video of his killing

The wife of 25-year-old Frank Anthony Gregorio, who was shot dead by a cop over the weekend, said she did not believe it at first when her sister-in-law told her the news.

It was not until Ronalyn Gregorio watched the video of Police Senior Master Sergeant Jonel Nuezca killing her husband Frank and his mother Sonya that she was hit by the reality of her husband’s death.

According to Emil Sumangil’s “24 Oras” report on Tuesday, Ronalyn was in Pangasinan on Sunday, the day Frank and Sonya were killed in their home in Paniqui, Tarlac.

She recalled receiving a call from her sister-in-law.

“Sabi po sa akin, ‘Nalyn, ‘wag kang mabibigla.’ ‘Bakit ate, anong nangyari?’ ‘Si mama at si Anton, wala na,’” Ronalyn said.

“Umiyak po ako pero hindi po ako naniniwala no’ng sinabi niyang gano’n. Pero no’ng napanood ko po ‘yung video, doon na po. Sobrang sakit po, hindi ko po matanggap. Lalong lalo na ngayon, lumalaki ‘yung anak niya,” she added.

Now that her husband is gone, Ronalyn is at a loss on how to get her heart ailment treated and how to sustain their two-year-old child.

“Wala po akong masasabi sa asawa ko. Sobrang sipag niya, nag-aaruga sa aming mag-ina. Kaya humihingi po ako ng hustisya para sa biyenan ko po at lalong lalo na sa asawa ko,” she said.

“Humihingi rin po ako ng tulong, kahit kaunting panggamot lang po para sa sakit ko po.”

Nuezca killed Frank and Sonya during a heated confrontation over the Gregorio family’s use of the improvised firecracker “boga.” 

He later turned himself in to authorities and was indicted on two counts of murder on Monday. 

The cop had previously figured in six administrative cases, including two that involved homicide. — Julia Mari Ornedo/BM, GMA News