THE Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) on Monday announced the arrest of one of the gunmen that killed radio broadcaster Juan Jumalon in Misamis Occidental.
The gunman was arrested in Zamboanga del Norte around 3 a.m. by operatives of the Philippine National Police (PNP).
“Combined elements of the Misamis Occidental and Zamboanga Del Norte PNP arrested the gunman in the killing of Misamis Occidental broadcaster Juan “DJ Johnny” Jumalon, at dawn today, in Dipolog City, Zamboanga Del Norte,” the task force said in a Facebook post.
Citing a report from the Misamis Occidental Provincial Police Office, PTFoMS identified the suspect as Jolieto Dumaog Mangumpit, alias “Ricky.”
“Mangumpit is the identified gunman who shot dead Jumalon inside his residence in Brgy. DBAN (Don Bernardo A. Neri), Calamba, Misamis Occidental,” the task force revealed in a separate statement.
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