A 27-year old suspect in the death of a 6-year old girl last month was shot inside the detention cell Tuesday, October 16.
Police report showed that Rico Jay Lauron Labao was shot by a jail guard around 9:15 a.m. while authorities were conducting Oplan Galugad.
Labao allegedly tried to grab the service firearm of one of the jail guards thus he was shot.
Labao’s condition is not yet known as of this writing. Authorities did not give any details of the suspect’s present condition.
Latest reports showed that Labao died from his gunshot wound.
It can be recalled that Labao was arrested last September for the death of a 6-year old girl who was earlier reported missing in Matina Pangi.
The body of the victim was found few days after Lauron claimed to have discovered it and reported the same to the authorities.