00:00 The police were shot and charged with killing a man in the river. They also accused the suspect of murdering a woman.
00:12 The family of the victim was given time to settle the matter.
00:17 Maris Umali has a report.
00:19 That man was beaten up while the child's body was being carried from the river in Navotas.
00:29 The 17-year-old Gerard Gemboy Baltazar, who was a suspected suspect in the shooting,
00:35 was taken to Qatar by Gemboy's mother, who was not able to hug him before he was shot.
00:41 I cried. It was so painful.
00:43 I was the mother.
00:45 He was so young. I was so scared that he would die.
00:49 He was shot several times.
00:52 He was in the river for several hours.
00:56 The police left him.
00:59 They should not have shot him.
01:01 They did not do what they did to my son.
01:04 On the afternoon of August 2, Gemboy was drowning in the water with his companion.
01:10 He suddenly fired a shot.
01:12 Gemboy was hit.
01:14 He jumped into the water and was shot.
01:17 Gemboy died from a bullet in his chest that hit his nose and mouth.
01:22 According to Gemboy's family, some of the police officers tried to arrange for the children's funeral.
01:29 They said they will answer for everything.
01:31 We said we don't need to answer because we already have an answer.
01:36 We already have 50,000 pesos.
01:38 They will continue with their case.
01:40 The case?
01:41 The case.
01:42 Because what they did was not enough for what they did to my brother.
01:46 I can't accept that my grandson died.
01:49 I can't sleep.
01:51 The police explained that they were being followed by a thief on a boat.
01:57 They admitted that they were wrong in following the police operational procedure.
02:02 Gemboy was shot even though he was not armed.
02:05 All available peaceful means should be used by the police.
02:08 The use of firearms is our last resort.
02:11 Warning shots are prohibited.
02:13 The six police officers involved in the operation were shot on the spot and were already in jail.
02:17 Aside from the administrative case, they were charged with reckless imprudence resulting in homicide.
02:23 The administrative case for command responsibility was also charged and transferred to the Northern Police District Headquarters.
02:29 The two team leaders.
02:31 Some said that they were shot in the throat.
02:33 They were only shot with water.
02:35 Some were even pinched but they did not shoot.
02:38 Mariz Umali reporting for GMA Integrated News.
