ILOILO City – A police officer who pawned his government-issued firearm may face criminal charges.
Police Corporal Val Allan Lisay, assigned at the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) headquarters, admitted pawning his .9mm pistol, according to Police Lieutenant Colonel Joem Malong, PRO-6 spokesperson.
It was too late when Lisay found out that his pawned gun was used to shoot a Chinese businessman on Iznart Street last month.
Lisay redeemed the gun and personally turned it over to the PRO-6, Malong said.
On Nov. 12, Wei La Zing of Barangay Ma. Clara, City Proper was robbed and shot to death.
Andy Mahinay, to whom Lisay said he pawned the gun, was arrested.
Mahinay initially admitted that the gun used on Wei was owned by Lisay but later denied this.
Police investigators subjected the gun to cross-matching and ballistic examinations.
The result showed that the spent bullets recovered from the crime scene were identical to those of Lisay’s gun.
Malong said Lisay will be held liable as accessory to the crime because his gun was used in a crime, and for grave misconduct which carries the penalty of dismissal from the service.
The PRO-6 warned its personnel not to pawn government-owned properties, especially firearms./PN
