The victim after being shot and left by responding policemen.
EIGHT policemen involved in the death of teenager Jemboy Baltazar has been dismissed from service following the approval of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO).
This after an investigation has been made by the Philippine National Police-Internal Affairs Service (PNP-IAS). NCRPO chief Police Brigadier General Melencio Nartatez Jr. said he already signed the recommendation from IAS that he received a week ago.
“Napirmahan ko na (I already signed it),” he told GMA News Online.
The six of the policemen were found guilty of the administrative cases Grave Irregularity in the Performance of Duty and Conduct Unbecoming of a Police Officer.
The six were identified as Police Executive Master Sergeant Roberto Balais Jr., Police Staff Sergeant Gerry Maliban, Police Staff Sergeant Antonio Bugayong, Police Staff Sergeant Nikko Esquilon, Police Corporal Edmark Jake Blanko Blanco, and Patrolman Benedict Mangada.
Meanwhile, the two team leaders in the operation, identified as Police Captains Mark Joseph Carpio and Luisito dela Cruz, were found guilty of Grave Neglect of Duty.
Baltazar, 17, died on August 2 while on his way to go fishing after he was shot and killed by Navotas City cops pursuing a shooting suspect in Barangay NBBS Kaunlaran.
