By Marisol Bo-oc | 03:23 PM January 11, 2024
A 52-year-old man was shot by his brother-in-law last Tuesday morning in barangay Liboron, Calape town.
Sergio Rebucas, who was shot in the right lower back of his body, was rushed to a private hospital in the town but he was later transferred to Gov. Celestino Gallares Medical Center in Tagbilaran City.
Rebucas personally appeared to Calape Police Station on Tuesday morning and reported that he was shot by his brother-in-law identified as Maximo Lungay Jr.
Lungay, 55, is a barangay kagawad of Barangay Liboron in Calape town.
Police said that based on the findings of the attending physician, Dr. Jerome Rosal, Rebucas sustained one gunshot wound on the right lower back of his body.
He was then referred to Governor Celestino Gallares Memorial Medical Center for further medical treatment.
Grace Lungay, wife of the suspect and brother of the victim, personally appeared to Calape Police Station. She told police that her husband would personally surrender.
According to Grace, at 7:45 a.m. on Tuesday, while her husband was sitting at the driver’s seat of their vehicle in Barangay Sta. Cruz, Calape, more or less 600 meters away from the police station, the Rebucas approached the suspect angrily who tried to fotcibly open the window of the vehicle holding a metal bar and galvanized iron pipe.
The suspect locked the window of the vehicle, but the victim didn’t stop from trying to open it up while shouting.
Accordingly, the suspect then feeling unsafe and intimidated of the situation, pulled out a caliber .45 pistol trying to scare the victim but the victim pursued in opening the window of the vehicle.
The suspect then opened the window of the vehicle trying to pacify the situation but the victim continued in harassing him.
A scuffle ensued and the victim was shot accidentally at the lower back portion of the victim’s body. The suspect then immediately fled after the incident.
Lungay surrendered to the police after two hours. He told police he threw away the firearm he used at the river in Barangay Desamparados in Calape town.
Initial investigation revealed that the Lungay and Rebucas were fighting over the pension money of the victim’s mother.
