San Pedro Police Station on July 4, filed murder and violation of Republic Act (RA) 10591 or the illegal possession of firearms against Pepino, a non-uniform personnel of the Police Regional Office (PRO) 11.
These new cases include attempted murder, murder, and violation of RA 10591, or the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act.
The filing of the additional charges against Pepino was based on the results of the parallel investigation made by the Regional Office of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) that was submitted before the prosecutor’s office on the same day or a day before the ten days timeline given by the CPO.
The CPO ordered all parties including, NBI and all investigating units to submit additional evidence in relation to the case.
Investigative agent Ely Leaño, spokesman of NBI 11 in an interview with RMN DXDC said with the submission of evidence that they have gathered they could help the city prosecutor’s office (CPO) in filing the appropriate charges against the suspect.
“We look forward to that with the submission of pieces of evidence that we were able to gather, we could help the office of the city prosecutor to file the appropriate charges against the suspect, Dr. Marvin Andrew Rey Pepino,” Leaño said.
He said aside from the respective affidavits executed by the eye witnesses who were present at the time of the incident, there was also other evidence like the ballistic examination of the bullets recovered from the cadaver of the victim were also submitted to CPO.
“We were able to recover three slugs coming from a 9 caliber firearm, also we were able to discover that the bullet used was a hollow point bullet. Meaning this is special ammunition considering that once this bullet is being fired, it will create a bigger wound once it hits the body of the victim,” Leaño said.
He said it is used if a particular shooter had the intention to inflict a serious injury or a serious wound.
The investigating body also established the measurement of the 5 bullets that hit the body of Amierkhan, based on the bullet trajectory analysis result in the ballistic examination.
“The intention was really there, that is to cause a serious harm or a serious wound to the body of the victim,” Leaño further said.
The use of firearms, according to Leaño under their established jurisprudence would say it is superior considering that the gun would eventually cause a serious injury to the victim, especially on the vital parts of his body.
Mangacop’s family had questioned the police report which states that Pepino fired his gun as an act of self-defense that according to them contradicts what happened during the incident.
When Leańo asked about this claim, he said they will let the CPO conclude.
“But if you will ask as to the stand of the position of the NBI, we would recommend the filing of murder case against the subject suspect,” he said.
The family through Anwar Mangacop,the victim’s uncle, said the family hopes for a fair trial as they want justice for Amierkhan.
Photo from Justice for Amier Mangacop