Cebu City Police Nab Ex-Boyfriend Tagged in Killing of Pharmacist on V. Rama Avenue
The suspect in the fatal shooting of a pharmacist along V. Rama Avenue in Cebu City has been arrested in Toledo City, hours after the deadly attack.
Operatives of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) caught the suspect, identified as Jerome Abella, during a hot pursuit operation in Toledo City on Wednesday, November 11, CDN Digital reported.
The victim, Marjorie Llaguno, was shot dead along V. Rama Avenue in Barangay Calamba on the morning of Tuesday, November 10. She had just gotten off a passenger jeepney coming from Barangay Guadalupe when she was attacked, police said.
According to the police, the gunman was riding a motorcycle when he shot Llaguno. Crime scene investigators found that she sustained gunshot wounds to the head and neck, SunStar Cebu reported. She was declared dead on arrival at the hospital.
Abella, 37, a resident of Barangay Tisa, is a security guard who used to be assigned to the pharmacy where Llaguno worked. Police said the two had been in a relationship, but she ended it.
Investigators believe the suspect could not accept the breakup and allegedly threatened to harm the victim if she would not get back together with him. Police are looking into a possible crime of passion as the motive.
Before the arrest, CCPO deputy city director for operations Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare said police would not stop until the suspect was caught. “Ang amoa dili moundang ang CCPO para madakop siya unya makahatag ta og hustisya,” he said, which means the CCPO would not stop until he is arrested so that justice can be served.
A .38-caliber revolver was recovered from the suspect during the operation. Ballistic and forensic tests are being conducted to determine whether it was the firearm used in the shooting.
Meanwhile, the Land Transportation Office in Central Visayas (LTO-7) has issued a show cause order to the registered owner of the motorcycle allegedly used in the attack, whose driver’s license faces a 90-day preventive suspension, CDN Digital also reported.
Abella is now detained at the CCPO headquarters as police prepare a murder complaint against him before the Cebu City Prosecutor’s Office.
In a previous post, Single Mom Shot Dead After Getting Off Jeepney in Cebu City; Family Suspects Ex-Partner.
