By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga

The man involved in a shootout with Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) agents at Purok Cabugwason, Barangay Mansilingan in Bacolod City earlier this week faces additional charges due to the incident.

CIDG-Bacolod chief, Police Chief Inspector Rey Cuanico, said they have filed charges of illegal possession of firearms, ammunition and explosives; as well as possession of illegal drugs against Prudencio Rosarito, Jr., a resident of the said purok.

Cuanico said they filed the charges Thursday afternoon before the Bacolod City Hall of Justice.

He added, Rosarito is currently admitted to the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH), after sustaining gunshot wounds to his hands after he attempted to fight back against the police.

The CIDG organized an operation against the suspect, after the court issued an arrest warrant for illegal firearms charges.

A search of the suspect’s home yielded one .45 caliber pistol, two .45 caliber magazines with live ammunition, one live M203 grenade ammunition, seven sachets of suspected shabu, and drug paraphernalia.

While at the hospital, Rosarito is currently under the watch of the CIDG./DGB, WDJ