Son of Palace exec shot dead in QC / Fugitive Jason Ivler captured by NBI

[normanlee]

Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 17:47:00 11/19/2009

MANILA, Philippines—A son of a Malacañang official was shot dead, allegedly by a foreign national, while the victim was inside his car in Quezon City late Wednesday evening, a police official said Thursday.


Supt. Ferdinand Ampil, Quezon City Police Station 7-commander, identified the fatality as Renato Victor Ebarle, 27, son of Presidential Chief of Staff Undersecretary Renato Ebarle Sr., and works as a recruitment manager of Manila Peninsula Hotel in Makati City.


Ampil said initial investigation showed Ebarle was in a Toyota Land Cruiser at the corner of Santolan Road near corner Ortigas Avenue in Barangay Valencia, Quezon City, when he was shot by a Caucasian-looking man onboard a blue wagon-type vehicle with diplomatic plate no. 20903.


He said Ebarle, who sustained gunshot wounds in his chest and arms, was killed on the spot.


Chief Insp. Benjamin Elenzano, head of the QCPD homicide section, said that based on the records of the Highway Patrol Group, the suspect's vehicle was registered to a British national, Stephen Pollard, with address at No. 6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City.


Elenzano said a check with the Department of Foreign Affairs Protocol Office showed that Pollard works for the Asian Development Bank and has immunity from suits.


"We have to request ADB to turn Pollard to us so we could ask him of his possible involvement in the killing of Ebarle,'' Elenzano said.


He said they will also request a photograph of Pollard for proper identification of the witnesses.


Ampil, citing witness account said, "the foreign national alighted from his vehicle and shot the victim at close range after an almost collision.''


But Ampil quickly added that an investigation to determine other possible motives of the killing was ongoing.


He said another witness described the assailant as between 25-30 years old, about 5'8" in height, bald headed, and had a tattoo on his right arm.


Elenzano said the victim had just left the house of his girlfriend Kristina Tabas at the Armed Forces of the Philippines officials' quarters in Camp Aguinaldo and was on his way home in New Manila, also in Quezon City, when he was shot.


"She (Tabas) became worried when the victim was not picking up his phone and decided to drive through the victim's possible route when she learned that her boyfriend had not arrived in their house,'' Ampil said


He said the girlfriend recognized her boyfriend's car and saw him slumped in the driver’s seat with gunshot wounds. Nancy C. Carvajal

Ganun ba talaga? Immune ang mga foreigners working with embassies or ADB kahit na nakapatay sila?

[niky]

Ganun ba talaga? Immune ang mga foreigners working with embassies or ADB kahit na nakapatay sila?

I doubt that will hold. If it's still illegal in your home country, you're going to have to face the music somewhere...

[Lucius]

Ganun ba talaga? Immune ang mga foreigners working with embassies or ADB kahit na nakapatay sila?

Immune sila pag nakasagasa. Pero in this case, hindi.

Di natin alam kung parehong mayabang, nonetheless condolence sa family.

[CVT]

Ampil, citing witness account said, "the foreign national alighted from his vehicle and shot the victim at close range after an almost collision.''

It is implied here that the probable cause was road rage... Ingat lang tayo mga bros sa pagmamaneho....

8900:painting:

[XTO]

no match yung wagon and threatened yung guy in diplomatic plate dahil mas malaki yung LC kaya inunahan na. sayang.... kita ko sa news iyak ng iyak yung GF na kaka hatid lang.

[OldSchoolHack]

Condolences to the family. We should learn from this. Konting lamig ulo pag nag mamaneho.

dami nang pangyayaring ganito.

[shadow]

tingin ko parehong mayabang...since yun victim eh gamit niya yun plate number na para sa tatay niya.

[Chikselog]

Fugitive Jason Ivler captured after shootout with NBI unit


(Updated 9:37 a.m.) After two months in hiding, the suspect in the fatal shooting of a Malacañang official's son was arrested in the Quezon City home of his mother early Monday after a shootout with agents of the National Bureau of Investigation. Fugitive Jason Ivler was wounded when captured in a basement hideout in Blue Ridge subdivision.

Two NBI agents suffered minor injuries, including a female agent involved in the predawn raid.

"Nahuli si Jason Ivler pero may na-injure na mga kasamahan namin. Sketchy pa ang information na natatanggap ko (We arrested Ivler but a couple of our agents were wounded. The reports I am getting are still sketchy)," Diaz said in an interview on dzBB radio.

Ivler, who traded shots with NBI agents, had two bullet wounds and was was rushed to the Quirino Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City, according to NBI sources.

GMA News' Emil Sumangil reported on Unang Hirt that the NBI also arrested Ivler’s mother, Marlene Aguilar, for trying to delay the agents.

The report said the NBI scoured at least five rooms. Before Ivler was found hiding in an underground room, his mother went into hysterics in an alleged attempt to delay the agents' operation.

Ivler reportedly fired the first shot, according to the report.

Ms. Aguilar, the sister of folk legend Freddie Aguilar, has earlier denied knowing the whereabouts of her son and even made public appeals to him to surrender.

A separate report by dzBB’s Mao dela Cruz said the NBI agents used aluminum ladders to gain access to the house, even as neighbors were startled to hear several shots before dawn.

“May sigaw ng babae (We heard a woman shouting)," a neighbor said, referring to reports of Mrs. Aguilar’s hysterics.

Ivler was charged for the shooting of Renato Victor Ebarle Jr. last November 18. Ebarle's father is an undersecretary in the Office of the Presidential Chief of Staff.

The government tapped the International Police Organization's help after Ivler's mother claimed he had fled to Hawaii.

Last December, Qatar authorities arrested a namesake of Ivler, Jason Aguilar, and deported him to the Philippines earlier this month.

In 2004, Ivler also figured in a fatal car accident along the C-5 Ortigas flyover that killed a Malacañang official, presidential assistant for resettlement Undersecretary Nestor Ponce.

Ivler evaded investigations on the 2004 accident, making government authorities consider him a fugitive.

Defiant till the end

Even after being hit and wounded, Ivler was still lunging at a team of government agents serving an arrest warrant on him.

"Kahit may tama siya gusto niya pumutok nang pumutok (Even if he was hit, he kept trying to fire his weapon at us)," NBI lawyer-agent Rosauro Bautista said in an interview on dwIZ radio.

Bautista said two NBI agents (not one as initially reported) were wounded in the predawn operation. One was identified as agent Anna Labao.

"Ang gamit niya mahaba, (kahit na natamaan) tuluy-tuloy ang kanyang lusob (He used a high-powered firearm. Even when he was hit he continued to lunge at us)," Bautista said but did not give added details.

Even after being taken to the Quirino Memorial Medical Center for treatment, Ivler continued to thrash, trying to remove the tubes attached to his body, according to one Dr. Villamucho.

"Pinaghihila niya tubo sa operating room, pina-operating room na namin. Malamang may natamaang bituka. Serious injury yan (He was pulling at the tubes at the operating room. But we suspect he was hit in the intestine. That is a serious injury)," he said in an interview on dzBB radio.

He said Ivler's blood pressure was 100 over 70 when he was brought to the hospital. He said Ivler was hit in the left shoulder and left flank.

The wounds were "through and through," he added.

On the other hand, he said NBI agent Anna Labao, who was grazed in the chest area during the encounter, appeared in fine condition.

"Pina-routine chest x-ray pero mukhang okay, ayaw nya magpa-x-ray (We had her undergo a routine x-ray in the chest but she appeared okay.
She did not want her x-rays taken)," he said.

A wet towel was a clue

According to Sumangil's report on Unang Hirit, NBI agents tacked Ivler at his mother's house.

The footage showed the NBI entering the house which was decorated with large tarpaulins of his mother, an artist.

According to Sumangil, there had been clues that Ivler was hiding in the house as a wet towel was spotted, though no visible members of the household appeared to have bathed.

The NBI had hoped for a peaceful surrender, but Ivler fired his gun from the basement where he was hiding even before the door was opened.

Ivler will probably be transferred to St. Luke's Medical Center from QMMC where he was brought for initial treatment, said Sumangil. - with Carmela Lapeña/LBG, GMANews.TV

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/181819/f...-with-nbi-unit

:clap::bond::clap: FINALLY!

[Isuzoom]

dapat tinira na ang mokong na yan...sama nyo na ang nanay nya...pwe!!

[Monseratto]

May existing thread sa Goon Squad...

[renzo_d10]

Tapang ng mokong. Sana binira na lang hanggang sa matuluyan, tutal kahit nung tamaan eh tuloy tuloy pa din siya sa pagputok eh.

[oliver1013]

Ok lang yan buhayin, para oras oras, minu minuto, segusegundo ang pag durusa niyan. Sa bilibid mga politiko lang ang ginagalang pag mga ganyan shino shota ng mga mala max alvarado at bomber moran na inmate