PRO8 captures
Calbiga jail escapee
By RPCRD, Police Regional
Office 8
April 18, 2013
CAMP SEC. KANGLEON, Palo,
Leyte – The Police Regional Office 8 (PRO8) recaptured a man facing
several charges who bolted out of a police lock-up cell in Samar early
this year.
Wilson Cabigayan was a
subject of police manhunt after escaping from his guards at the
Calbiga Municipal Police Station on February 17, said Police Chief
Superintendent Elmer Ragadio Soria, PRO8 Regional Director.
“A breakthrough came when
Cabigayan himself was victimized in a shooting incident in Hinabangan,
an adjacent town of Calbiga also in Samar,” Soria informed.
Reports reaching PRO8
disclosed that at around 6:00 A.M. on Tuesday, April 16, Cabigayan’s
mother Gregoria reported to Hinabangan Municipal Police Station
seeking police assistance as his son, Wilfredo, was shot by 3
unidentified persons while dancing during the vesper night dance in
Brgy Dalosdosan, Hinabangan, Samar earlier at around 3:00 A.M.
The elder Cabigayan further
informed that her son was being transported to a hospital in Tacloban
City for medical attention due to the gunshot wounds he sustained.
Acting on the report,
Hinabangan police chief PSInsp. Edwin Tolibas immediately coordinated
with Calbiga police station for the arrest of the victim, knowing that
Cabigayan is a fugitive facing criminal charges for Rape, Attempted
Homicide and violation of Batas Pambansa Blg. 6 or Illegal Possession
of Bladed Weapon.
Joint elements of Hinabangan
and Calbiga police stations immediately put-up a chokepoint along the
national highway in Brgy. Rawis in Hinabangan as a possible route of
Cabigayan and at around 6:30 A.M. he was arrested by the police upon
passing in the area.
The lawmen brought the
arrested escapee to a hospital of Tacloban City where he is now
undergoing medication.
Hinabangan police is also
conducting investigation as to the motive and identity of those who
shot Cabigayan, Soria said.