BATAAN – Two men who took the gun of a security guard and tried to rob a store in Bataan were arrested on Tuesday.
In a report to Bataan police director Col. Rommel Velasco, Mariveles police commander Lt. Col. Gerald Gamboa said his men and members of the Bagac police arrested suspects Ronnie Soriano and Jerson Soriano, 21, both residents of No. 81, Corpuz St., West Tapinac, Olongapo City.
Gamboa said the two suspects forcibly took the service gun of security guard Ramon H. Griarte, 58, resident of Kamagong St., Bgy. Balon Anito, Mariveles and detailed at the Fiesta Community Homes in Mariveles.
Griarte told police the suspects pointed a gun at him and took the issued gun and his backpack containing his IDs and P800 cash. Then the suspects sneaked inside the store of spouses Manuel and Justine Joy Pacayay in Bgy. Biaan, Mariveles.
The suspects tried to rob the store but the store owner cried for help, catching the attention of force multipliers patrolling the area.
The suspects and the responding force multipliers grappled for the gun, and when it went off, hit the two suspects.
Though wounded, the suspects managed to flee using their getaway motorcycle.
Marvels and Bagac MPS personnel chased the suspects until the motorcycle crashed in Bgy. Saysayin, Bagac, resulting to their arrest.
Recovered from the suspects were a .22 rifles, one shotgun, a. 38 pistol with three fired bullets and one live bullet for .38 gun, a Honda motorcycle and the backpack of security guard Griarte.
The injured suspects were taken to the Bagac Medicare Hospital but were later transferred to the Gordon Hospital in Olongapo City.
Police said the suspects were also responsible for another agaw-armas from a security guard in Orani.
The two suspects will be charged with robbery, attempted robbery and violation of RA 10591 and Comelec gun ban.
