Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday expressed concern over the recent shooting incidents in Bacolod City. According to the governor, the recent murder of Police Patrolman Eric Alcosaba not only affects the city’s image but the entire province.
Lacson pointed out, Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) director, Police Colonel Henry Biñas, should urge investigators to step-up probes, pointing out, there have been no conclusions drawn from the incidents that have occurred over the past few months.
Additionally, he said BCPO and the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office should do more in solving shooting incidents and identifying suspects.
The governor added, the people of the province expect more than “the usual replies.”
Over the weekend, Alcosaba was gunned down by four unidentified suspects aboard an all-purpose utility vehicle.
The police officer who was “absent without leave,” or AWOL, was supposed to be assigned to Mindanao after being relieved of his post as member of the BCPO’s Police Station 7. He was previously accused by slain drug group bagman Ricky Serenio of having links to illegal drug activities in Negros Occidental.
Police are currently looking at a personal grudge or the victim’s alleged links to illegal drugs as a motive behind the incident./DGB, WDJ