CEBU CITY, Philippines — A man who lost his 2019 election bid for mayor in Boljoon town sustained a bullet wound on his knee after he was allegedly shot by a cousin.
Police Staff Sergeant Erwin Oyao said that Derama was shot by Adrian Anthony Derama Perello, whom responding policemen arrested during a hot pursuit operation at noontime on Saturday, February 6, and is now detained at the Boljoon Municipal Police Station.Quoting the outcome of their initial investigation, Oyao said that a recent argument involving the two men may have caused Derama’s shooting.
Thinking that Perello would not heed the challenge, Oyao said that Derama left their residence past 10 a.m. on Saturday to do an errand in Santander town, located in Cebu province’s southern tip.It was there that he saw Perello who appeared to be waiting for his arrival. The suspect was sitting on his motorcycle.
But as he was opening his motorcycle’s utility box, Perello started to fire shots at his direction hitting Derama on his right knee.Oyao said that Perello’s arresting officers were unable to recover the firearm which he disposed off as he fled.
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