Inmate grabs cop’s gun, kills self in Pangasinan

ASINGAN, Pangasinan, Philippines — An inmate allegedly killed himself using a gun he grabbed from a policewoman at a police station in this town yesterday. 

Rodolfo Vibora Jr., 38, a native of Tacloban City, reportedly took the 9mm pistol of Police Officer 1 Jessa Mae Laganina while giving food to another inmate. 

Superintendent Virgilio Pascua Jr., Pangasinan police deputy police director for administration, who was at the police station during the incident, said he tried to convince Vibora to return Laganina’s service firearm, but the inmate instead shot himself in the head. 

Vibora was detained for allegedly killing his brother-in-law.