TACLOBAN City – A farmer wanted for murder in Borongan City, Eastern Samar was killed by police while being served with a warrant of arrest last Wednesday.
The accused was identified as Lemy Galve, a resident of Barangay San Andres Upper, Borongan City.
Initial investigation showed that operatives of the Borongan City Police Station, Eastern Samar Provincial Police Office-Provincial Intelligence Unit, Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-Eastern Samar, the 78th Army Infantry Battalion, and 2nd Eastern Samar Provincial Moblie Force Company went to the house of the accused to serve a warrant of arrest for murder issued in May 2019.
Upon arrival at Galve’s house, one of the cops identified himself as a lawman but the suspect pointed a gun at the arresting team, forcing a police officer to fire his service pistol twice to neutralize him.
Police recovered from Galve’s possession a .45-caliber pistol with a magazine loaded with five live ammunition, and two fired cartridge of calibre 9mm.
The suspect’s body was brought to the Eastern Samar Provincial Hospital for post mortem examination. (Marie Tonette Marticio)