Posted on 01/07/2005 12:09:37 PM PST by ambrose
12 cops shoot, miss suspect; 1 killed
Updated 09:13pm (Mla time) Jan 02, 2005
By Ruth Navarra
Inquirer News Service
Although the suspect was slain, police also lost one of their own in the one-sided fight.
POLICEMEN in Taguig City either need shooting practice or need to consult an occultist.
On Saturday night, 11 local lawmen engaged a lone suspect in a gun battle that later baffled investigators.
Although the suspect was slain, police also lost one of their own in the one-sided fight.
According to police, Guillermo Corpuz, 25, barged into a 7-Eleven Convenience Store on Gen. Santos Avenue, Lower Bicutan, at about 10:30 p.m. and grabbed the gun of the lone watchman.
After successfully grappling for the .38-caliber revolver, Corpuz shot the guard, who was hit in the abdomen.
Corpuz then ran across the street to another 7-Eleven store and tried to grab the gun of that outlet's security guard.
However, he ran into the store when SPO1 Ranillo Balallo and PO3 Willy Jang quickly responded.
The suspect hid in the store as more policemen, armed with M-16 assault rifles and 9-mm pistols arrived.
Minutes later, Corpuz emerged from the store and tried to shoot his way through the policemen.
Lawmen returned fire and guns blazed.
Curiously, not one of the bullets hit Corpuz, who managed to get close to Bulallo whom he then shot at close range.
Before getting hit in the left side of the neck, Bulallo was also shooting at Corpuz using an M-16.
Emma Galero, Taguig Scene of the Crime Operations team head, later expressed surprise and bewilderment.
She said all 12 policemen were aiming for Corpuz but apparently missed.
"In all my years as a law enforcer, I have never seen anything like it," Galero said referring to the incident.
Corpuz was only stopped dead on his tracks when Insp. Gerald Dee, opened fire with an assault rifle and hit the suspect once in the belly.
Galero said it was impossible for Bulallo to miss Corpuz because the policeman was only a foot away from the suspect.
"It was as if Corpuz was immune to the bullets directed at him," said Galero.
Shotguns!!
And yet, our lawmakers tell us only cops are well-trained enough to be allowed to carry and use firearms.
A foot away, and he still missed?
I think more time usefully spent at the gun range. Shooting at targets and less time shooting the BULL.
Tell me this wasn't in the USA..God, I know it is hard to shoot someone who is shooting back, but 12 against 1 you'd think they would hit him...
I have been to the local range more times then I care to count, and have seen local cops shoot. Thay cannot hit the ground with their hat.
Yep, I've seen a few cops that are downright scary with firearms.
I can't believe this!
These guys should all be fired. What a bunch of incompetents.
this sounds like a scene from the movies where the main character is shot by dozens of people and never gets hit once
OK, it appears the web site is in the Philippines.
The most amazing part of this story is that with all that lead flying around no citizen was killed.
Reminds me of years ago when the NYC Transit Authority armed all their officers with Glocks with integral laser sights.
There was a national news blitz about it including pro's and con's to the argument.
The Pro argument was of course less money spent on range time and ammo to keep the officers effective.
The Con argument (from the Phoenix Chief of Police) was that simply "there is NO substitute for good marksmanship." (he also talked about twenty officers with laser sights in a dark subway tunnel trained on one suspect, how do you know who is off mark?)
About three months later there was a front page story (Arizona Redundant) of two approaches police use to subdue dangerous suspects in a standoff. two similar situations: man wielding a knife refuses to drop knife at police demand.
Mesa police used a bean bag fired from a shotgun and other than a bruise, suspect was disarmed and apprehended without injury to anyone.
The other situation ended quite differently with approximately 25 Phoenix police officers firing a total of about 120 rounds at one suspect with about 9 hits. Suspect died from nine bullet wounds, but what happened to the Phoenix Police Chiefs claim that there is no substitute for good marksmanship? 9 hits out of 120 rounds fired? My cat can do better than that!!!
7-11's have watchmen??
Corpuz then ran across the street to another 7-Eleven store
Must be a high demand for slurpees and overpriced food items in that neighborhood.
I generally avoid areas that have 7-Elevens across the street from each other.
Phillipines.
I've seen cops at the local shooting range that are downright scary. I left in a hurry when one of them pointed his muzzle directly at me while reloading. His body was facing downrange, but the pistol was pointing across his body and directly at me. That kind of piss poor situational awareness is unexcusable from anybody, much less a cop. It's apalling how they consider themselves weapons experts when damn few of them actually are.
"Pulp Fiction" comes to mind.
This is in the Philippines.
The police there (and most of the military) work on tiny budgets and have little money for ammunition or realistic training.
I'm not all that surprised.
One common newspaper story over many years were cases where someone would go "amok" (this is a Filipino trait, unfortunately) take up a knife or bolo and kill people at random, say in a public market, and several policemen were killed trying to stop them - in spite of pistol fire the "amok" would often get through and kill the policeman.
There was actually an incredible series of photos from an incident in the 1970's. The policeman could be seen shooting the "amok", holding his .38 revolver with a two-handed grip, and he hit nothing, while the madman ran up to him, absorbing one or two shots at point-blank range, and stabbing the policeman.
This sounds to me like a case of "amok" - the man was nuts - instead of getting away with the stolen gun, he tried to steal another ?
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