By Ronron
April 29, 2007
A city mayor in Pangasinan province survived an attack by unidentified gunmen Saturday night while he was gracing an activity in line with the city’s fiesta celebration.
Pangasinan Police Director Sr. Supt. Isagani Perez said, however, that a civilian aide of San Carlos City Julian Resuello, identified as Jojo Martinez, 41, died upon arrival at the Blessed Doctor’s Family Hospital in said city following the attack that happened at around 9:45 pm.
Perez said Resuello, 54, was at the San Carlos City plaza the other night as the “Kabataan Night” was being held in connection with the city’s fiesta celebration.
Resuello is running as a Vice-Mayoralty Candidate this May 14 polls under the Lakas party, said Perez. His son will attempt to replace him in the Mayoralty position.
Perez said the Resuello’s are being challenged by the family of former Mayor Douglas Soriano, also a mayoralty candidate for the upcoming election.
Perez disclosed that the two unidentified gunmen disguised themselves as supporters of Resuello since they were found to have come from the thick crowd. But police believe they were supported by two others.
The shooting spree resulted in the death of Martinez and the wounding of the 54-year-old Mayor, his police escort SPO1 Jaime Almoite; his civilian aide, Jonathan dela Cruz, 34; and the following bystanders: Alwin Fermin, 29; Paulo Bino, 14; Reyna Muñoz, 9.
Resuello was brought to the Bernal Hospital while the rest were taken to the Virgin Milagrosa University Hospital in the same city.
Recovered from the crime scene were eight empty shells of caliber 45 and a 9 mm pistol.
The suspects managed to escape and are now subjects of a manhunt investigation.
“The most apparent that we see in this case is the political angle… Although we are not discounting other angles like his official and personal transactions,” Perez said.
The police official admitted that there is an intense political rivalry between the Resuello’s and the Soriano’s.
Additional two teams from the Regional Mobile Group 1 already arrived in the city to augment the San Carlos City Police force, in addition to the two teams deployed two weeks earlier before the incident happened.
Perez noted this is the first politically-motivated violent incident to happen in the province for this election period.
A Task Force Resuello was immediately organized, composed of elements from the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, San Carlos City Police Station, Pangasinan Provincial Police Office, Crime Laboratory and Intelligence Unit, for the conduct of investigation./DMS
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