Suspect in radioman's shooting pleads guilty

By Erly C. Garcia

The suspect in the shooting of RMN Iloilo reporter and anchorman Rodulfo Repizo, a.k.a. Romano Rapido finally pleaded guilty before Judge Roger Patricio during the trial of the case last week.

Eric Maglalang alias Bongbong Adorable is charged of frustrated murder for shooting Repizo inside his home in Zamora Extension last December 14, 2004.

Maglalang, a trisikad driver in the said place, shot Repizo three times but failed to hit the latter.

Earlier, Repizo said he tried to convince Maglalang to tell the court who was behind the attempt to kill him in exchange for the lowering of his case to frustrated homicide.

Maglalang, however, refused to reveal such information, instead he claimed full responsibility to the attempted killing.

Repizo said he feels pity on Maglalang because he was just used in trying to kill him.

Repizo believed that there was somebody powerful and influential who planned to kill him and Maglalang was just used as a pawn.

To note, Repizo, a retired policeman, had exposed several illegal drug activities in their area.

He also used to tackle issues on illegal drugs in his radio program.

Repizo believed the attempt to kill him might have been caused by his staunch campaign against illegal drugs.