Initial investigation showed Police Colonel Michael Bawayan, Jr. was inspecting the checkpoint in Barangay Asturias at 4:20 p.m. when a fellow officer – Police Staff Sergeant Imran Jilah – shot him.
Bawayan’s security fired back and killed the suspect.
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, August 6) — The police provincial director of Sulu was fatally shot while at a quarantine checkpoint in Jolo town, the Philippine National Police confirmed on Friday.
The 49-year-old Bawayan was rushed to the Sulu provincial hospital but was declared dead on arrival.
Police have yet to determine why the officer attacked Bawayan.
PNP chief PGen Guillermo Eleazar has ordered an investigation on the shooting incident.
Police Brigadier General Eden Ugale, PNP Regional Director for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, was instructed to form a Special Investigation Task Group to handle the probe.
The task group will be composed of teams from the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group BAR, Regional Intelligence Division, Crime Laboratory, Regional Investigation and Detective Management Division, and Jolo Police Station.
