Police are to charge a man for reloading the pistol of a shooter who killed nine in the Philippines. Source: AAP
A HOUSE caretaker who reloaded the pistol of a man who went on a shooting rampage near Manila that left nine people dead is facing multiple murder charges, officials in the Philippines say.
John Paul Lopez, who worked for the gunman, Ronald Bae, surrendered to authorities late Friday, hours after the rampage, which left eight victims and the gunman dead, said Cavite provincial deputy police chief Dionicio Borromeo on Saturday.
Eleven people were wounded in the incident in Cavite province's Kawit township.
The carnage occurred just days after the death of a 7-year-old girl who was hit in the head by a stray bullet during New Year's Eve revelry in Manila, which sparked public criticism over lax gun control in the Philippines. Friday's rampage fuelled pressure for more assertive action by authorities to deal with unlicensed firearms.
"This is really one of the worst shooting incidents in the Philippines, after the Maguindanao massacre," Borromeo said, referring to the November 2009 killing of 54 people, including 32 media workers, allegedly by followers of powerful political clan in the southern Philippines.
Borromeo said Lopez, 27, explained that Bae, 41, had threatened to kill him if he did not reload bullets into the magazines of a .45-calibre pistol used in the killing spree.
Borromeo, however, said Lopez never tried to stop Bae or talk him out of the rampage, whose victims included a pregnant woman and her young daughter and 7-year-old girl.
"We will file a case against him of multiple murder and multiple frustrated murder," Borromeo said.
He also said the Kawit police chief and his deputy have been relieved of their posts by senior police officials while they are being investigated for allegedly not responding to reports that Bae had fired his weapon behind his house four days earlier. Borromeo said records and officers' testimonies indicated they received no such reports.
It was unclear what triggered the rampage, but Bae had a "marital problem" with his wife, whom he left in northern Pampanga province and returned to his old home in Kawit for the New Year, Cavite provincial Governor Jonvic Remulla said.
Bae, who was killed in a shootout with police, had been on a "drug and alcohol binge" with his friends since Monday, drinking and taking methamphetamine, Cavite provincial Gov. Jonvic Remulla said.
Bae also killed a 7-year old girl and wounded her 2-year-old sister and 4-year-old brother, who is his godson. The three children tried to shield themselves behind seat cushions, said their uncle Edwin Lacorte. The two children are in serious condition in a hospital.
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