Only one out of the seven Regional Mobile Group police officers who figured in Mabinay shooting tested positive for gunpowder burns in tests conducted by the Dumaguete Crime Laboratory Tuesday, in Dumaguete City.

PO1 Mac Arthur Masicampo tested positive for gunpowder nitrates based on the examination conducted by P/S Insp. Josefina Llena of the Crime Laboratory in Dumaguete.

The other RMG officers who underwent the test but showed negative results were RMG commanding officer Insp. Reynaldo Rasca, PO1s Gil Quilope, Reynante Yap, Nodeilon Dagodoc, Domingo Oplimo and Alexander Lado, all of the 1st RMG Central Visayas command.

PNP Provincial Director P/S Supt. Melvin Ramon Buenafe said, the paraffin test is not a conclusive evidence since there are other factors that may affect the presence of gun powder burns.

He added they are still waiting for the result of the ballistics examination from the Cebu Crime Laboratory on the service firearms of the policemen.

The seven policemen were present when victim PO1 Danilo Icot went wild and fired his M16 rifle at his fellow police officers, inside the RMG camp in Mabinay on March 4.

Investigations also showed that Icot was irked by the way his companion, PO1 Lado, answered him, and he attacked the latter with fist blows. The victim later fell on the ground, with three gunshot wounds in his chest. Icot also tested positive for gun powder burns.*MA

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