The OK Corral or a Condominium?: Another Shotgun Killing
Once again, am I surprised? No. Now the battles between Unit Owners versus developers is getting out of control. Who can recommend anyone buying condos in the Philippines when ownership and control are to be fought in battles within the buildings and courts?
The Big Gun has now been put away here at Soho Central. If it comes back, we will protest.
Makati police eye 3 guards in Burgundy shooting
http://www.philstar.com/nation/2013/09/06/1179491/makati-police-eye-3-guards-burgundy-shooting
MANILA, Philippines - The Makati City Police is zeroing in on three suspects in the fatal shooting of a security guard at the Burgundy Corporate Tower in Makati on Thursday afternoon.
Makati police chief Senior Superintendent Manuel Lukban said they took into custody 126 security guards hired by the old and new board of directors of the 38-story condominium.
Lukban said they have released 80 of the security guards after they were questioned and their firearms confiscated for ballistic exams.
Jimmy Lagunsad, an employee of the Sidekick security agency (not Spectrum as earlier reported), was shot dead in the chest with a shotgun during a confrontation between members of the Swag security agency guarding the building and security guards of the Sidekick and Spectrum security agencies.
The Sidekick and Spectrum agencies' guards accompanied court sheriff Leonel Roxas, who was serving the notice of temporary restraining order (TRO) on the building's old board led by Roger Serafica.
Police said the shooting which happened at around 5:30 p.m. on the driveway of the building on Gil Puyat Avenue, stemmed from a dispute between the building's old board led by Serafica and the newly elected board led by president Ramon Garcia.
The two boards are fighting for control of the 10-year-old building constructed by Burgundy Realty Corp.
Police said the sheriff was met with resistance by a hundred members of the Swag security agency employed by the Serafica group.
According to Lukban, the three suspects are among the 40 members of the Swag security agency now under police custody.
Lukban said that based on a discussion with lawyers from the Serafica group, the Swag security agency has agreed to identify its three guards who were armed with shotguns at the time and could have shot Lagunsad.
Lukban said that one of the three could face the charge of homicide if the investigation could prove that the shotgun he was carrying at the time of the incident was the same one that killed Lagunsad.
Should the 40 Swag security guards remain mum on what had happened, Lukban said all of them and their superiors could face the charge of murder.
"If it is homicide, it means that there was no conspiracy to kill the victim. The motive for the killing could be personal, was done without premeditation or could even be in self defense. But if it was murder, it means that the killing was planned," said Lukban.
Lukban said that once investigation is finished on the three suspects whom he did not identify, they will be subjected to a paraffin test and their guns to a ballistics examination. Lukban said these tests would show who among them had fired their guns.
According to Lukban, evidence at the crime scene points to a shootout between the groups of security guards.
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Police probe 3 Makati guards
by Anna Liza Villas | September 7, 2013 (updated)http://www.mb.com.ph/police-probe-3-makati-guards/
Manila, Philippines — The Makati City police yesterday said three of 46 security personnel are being considered as possible suspects in the shooting incident that led to the death of one security guard in a corporate building in Makati Thursday afternoon.
Senior Supt. Manuel Lukban, Makati City police chief, said the three unidentified personnel are under the Special Watchman Group (Swag), employed by the old board members of Burgundy Corporate Tower.
“These were only the three guards who were armed with shot guns while the rest are carrying .45 and .38 caliber pistols,” said Lukban.
The fatality, Jimmy Lagunsad, a guard of the Sidekick agency, was killed by a shotgun, Lukban said.
Police are investigating the participation of remaining security guards who were involved in the incident.
Of the 126 security guards under security agencies Sidekick, Swag, Spectrum, and Asiatec, 80 were released after questioning.
Lukban said the tension began when Leodel Roxas, a sheriff from the Makati City Regional Trial Court, with security personnel hired by the new board of officers, arrived to serve the temporary restraining order to the management of the building.
The management was the alleged center of the dispute.
An exchange of gunfire erupted between the sheriff’s security guards and security guards of Burgundy Tower, which resulted to the death of Lagunsad.
The clash developed following a longstanding dispute between the old board, led by Wilfredo Sarafica, and the newly elected board, led by president Ramon Garcia.
The two boards are fighting over the control of the building.
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Makati City police has 40 suspects in Burgundy Tower shooting
http://anc.yahoo.com/news/40-security-guards-remain-under-makati-police-custody-023955311.html
Makati City police said they have in custody 40 suspects, all security guards, in the killing of another security guard in a corporate dispute between two groups for control of the Burgundy Tower along Gil Puyat Ave., Makati on Thursday.
“About 126 private security guards were taken into the custody of the police. And likewise, we did some processing of elimination among them wherein we try to eliminate from each other who among them can be considered witness and who can be considered suspect. It turned out that about 40 of them we’re able to consider them as suspects,” Makati City Police Chief Sr. Supt. Manuel Lukban said in a phone interview with ANC.
Reports said a Makati City sheriff tried to serve a temporary restraining order against the incumbent Burgundy Tower board of directors led by Wilfredo Serafica. The sheriff was accompanied by security guards from the Sidekick Security Agency.
But members of the Swag Security Agency, hired by the side of Serafica, fired shots at the sheriff and his team. A security guard from Sidekick, identified as Jimmy Lagunsad, was killed.
Lukban said the likely suspect who killed Lagunsad came from the Swag security agency.
He also said they are trying to get the affidavits of witnesses while the suspects were temporarily placed in a restricted area within the Makati police station.
“The suspects will then be investigated this morning for filing of appropriate charges within the day,” he added.
Authorities are now determining whether the case to be filed will be homicide or murder, Lukban said.
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