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Philippine police officer shoots dead mother and son on camera, reigniting nation s debate over police impunity
Regine Cabato, The Washington Post
Dec. 21, 2020
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MANILA- The sudden brutal killing of a mother and son, caught on camera late Sunday in the Philippines, has cast a harsh new light on the rampant abuse of authority by police under President Rodrigo Duterte.
The plainclothes police officer, identified as Senior Master Sgt. Jonel Nuezca, abruptly shot Sonya Gregorio, 52, and Frank Anthony Gregorio, 25, after an argument in Tarlac, a province about 80 miles north of Manila.
The incident on Sunday was recorded by a witness in a graphic video. It showed Nuezca pull out a pistol and shoot the gray-haired mother in the head and then her son as they clutched each other, before giving them a second bullet each. The video quickly went viral, prompting an administrative investigation and murder charges against the police officer. He has
Cop who shot mother and son in Tarlac to face murder charges
Updated Dec 21, 2020 3:36:00 PM
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 21) A Parañaque police officer will face two counts of murder for fatally shooting his unarmed neighbors in Paniqui, Tarlac, authorities said on Monday.
The sketchy police report said Senior Master Sergeant Jonel Nuezca fled after shooting 52-year-old Sonya Gregorio and her son Frank Anthony Gregorio, 25, in Purok 2, Barangay Cabayaoasan, Paniqui, Tarlac on Sunday afternoon. About an hour after the incident, he surrendered at the Rosales Pangasinan Municipal Police Station. The suspect also turned over his PNP-issued 9mm semi-auto pistol that was used in the crime.
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 21) President Rodrigo Duterte will not change his mind on allowing police officers who are not at work to carry firearms despite the brazen killing in Tarlac involving an off-duty policeman, his spokesman said on Monday.
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said the killing involving police officer Jonel Nuezca, whom he described as a bad egg, will not prompt a policy change in the government. Siyempre ang baril ay para sa proteksyon ng kapulisan, hindi iyan para gamitin sa personal na kaaway. Policy cannot be formulated on the basis of aberrations, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque says.
Published December 21, 2020, 11:25 AM
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has strongly condemned the killing of two unarmed civilians in Brgy. Cabayaoasan in Paniqui, Tarlac on Sunday afternoon and called on the government to put a stop to the culture of impunity in the country.
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The video of the police officer shooting two unarmed civilians – Sonya Gregorio, 52, and Frank Anthony Gregorio, 25 – at close range went viral on social media on Monday morning.
The police involved in the incident has been identified as Police Senior Master Sergeant Jonel Nuezca, a Philippine National Police (PNP) officer in active service assigned in the Parañaque City Crime Laboratory. He has already surrendered to the PNP.