{"id":16218,"date":"2017-07-26T08:03:10","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T00:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/2017\/07\/26\/foreign-national-shot-dead-in-downtown-naval\/"},"modified":"2017-07-29T12:42:10","modified_gmt":"2017-07-29T04:42:10","slug":"foreign-national-shot-dead-in-downtown-naval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/2017\/07\/26\/foreign-national-shot-dead-in-downtown-naval\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign national shot dead in downtown Naval"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By BiliranIsland.com<\/em><br \/>\n<em>First Posted 08:00 AM July 26, 2017<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Last Updated 12<\/em><i>:40 PM<\/i><em> July 29, 2017<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 9:16 AM July 29, 2017 <\/strong>Result of paraffin test was negative but the firearm was positively fired and will be brought to the crime laboratory in Camp Crame for confirmatory test said PSSupt Robert Alexander A. Morico II, OIC-provincial director of the Biliran police provincial office.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update 11:00 AM &nbsp;July 28, 2017&nbsp;<\/strong>Screen grab from the CCTV footage with markings on the victim, the alleged lookout, the alleged gunman, and the driver of the gunman before the shooting incident.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Screen-grab-Simon-Rawlinson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16250\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Screen-grab-Simon-Rawlinson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1260\" height=\"727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Screen-grab-Simon-Rawlinson.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Screen-grab-Simon-Rawlinson-800x462.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Screen-grab-Simon-Rawlinson-768x443.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Screen-grab-Simon-Rawlinson-696x402.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Screen-grab-Simon-Rawlinson-1068x616.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Screen-grab-Simon-Rawlinson-728x420.jpg 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1260px) 100vw, 1260px\" \/><\/a>Update 8:50 AM &nbsp;July 28, 2017<\/strong> According to PSSupt. Robert Alexander A. Morico II, OIC-provincial director of the Biliran police provincial office (BPPO) in an interview, there was no results yet of the paraffin and ballistic tests from the PNP crime laboratory on the suspected gunman Robaro. The alleged gunman really knew how to conceal himself of the crime because he was wearing sweatshirt and hand gloves with only a finger holding the pistol trigger was out during the alleged commission of the crime.<\/p>\n<p>Morico added a murder case has already been filed in court based on the revelation of the lookout and the corroborative accounts of some witnesses who saw both the alleged lookout and alleged gunman waiting and taking their coffee near the Naval port area. (BiliranIsland.com Staff)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16248\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16248\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/CCTV-Footage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16248\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/CCTV-Footage.jpg\" alt=\"CCTV Footage\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/CCTV-Footage.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/CCTV-Footage-525x700.jpg 525w, https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/CCTV-Footage-696x928.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/CCTV-Footage-315x420.jpg 315w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16248\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CCTV Footage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Update 7:00 PM&nbsp; July 26, 2017&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16238\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16238\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Antonio-Robaro.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16238\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Antonio-Robaro.jpg\" alt=\"Antonio Montives Robaro, Jr., the alleged gunman of Rawlinson (wearing black sleeveless shirt), while being interrogated at Kawayan police station. The suspect was nabbed hiding in his house located near the seashore in Sitio Balaring in Barangay Balacson, Kawayan, Biliran.\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Antonio-Robaro.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Antonio-Robaro-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Antonio-Robaro-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Antonio-Robaro-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Antonio-Robaro-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Antonio-Robaro-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Antonio-Robaro-560x420.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16238\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Antonio Montives Robaro, Jr., the alleged gunman of Rawlinson (wearing black sleeveless shirt)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span id=\"fbPhotoSnowliftCaption\" class=\"fbPhotosPhotoCaption\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-live=\"polite\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\"><span class=\"hasCaption\">Antonio Montives Robaro, Jr., the alleged gunman of Rawlinson (wearing black sleeveless shirt), while being interrogated at Kawayan police station.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The suspect was nabbed hiding in his house located near the seashore in Sitio Balaring in Barangay Balacson, Kawayan, Biliran.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16237\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16237\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Naval-Shooting-Incident.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16237\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Naval-Shooting-Incident.jpg\" alt=\"Look. The photo of the suspected riding-in-tandem who shot Rawlinson as captured by the CCTV installed near the crime scene at left and the personal belonging of the victim recovered from the alleged gunman at right.\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Naval-Shooting-Incident.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Naval-Shooting-Incident-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Naval-Shooting-Incident-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Naval-Shooting-Incident-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Naval-Shooting-Incident-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Naval-Shooting-Incident-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Naval-Shooting-Incident-560x420.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Look. The photo of the suspected riding-in-tandem<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Look. The photo of the suspected riding-in-tandem who shot Rawlinson as captured by the CCTV installed near the crime scene at left and the personal belonging of the victim recovered from the alleged gunman at right.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update 6:00 PM&nbsp; July 26, 2017&nbsp;<\/strong>The police have just arrested the alleged gunman and recovered the weapon used and the personal belongings grabbed from the slain foreigner this morning.<\/p>\n<p>The alleged lookout was Manuelito Estreller, and the alleged gunman was Antonio Rubaro.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect was nabbed hiding in his house located near the seashore in Sitio Balaring in Barangay Balacson, Kawayan, Biliran.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/foreigner-shot-dead-Biliran-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16225\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/foreigner-shot-dead-Biliran-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/foreigner-shot-dead-Biliran-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/foreigner-shot-dead-Biliran-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/foreigner-shot-dead-Biliran-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/foreigner-shot-dead-Biliran-1-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/foreigner-shot-dead-Biliran-1-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/foreigner-shot-dead-Biliran-1-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/foreigner-shot-dead-Biliran-1-560x420.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another foreigner shot dead in Biliran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The victim was identified as Simon Rawlinson from New Zealand, 63 years old, and is presently residing at Barangay Bato in Maripipi, Biliran.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/foreigner-shot-dead-Biliran-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16226\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/foreigner-shot-dead-Biliran-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/foreigner-shot-dead-Biliran-2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/foreigner-shot-dead-Biliran-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/foreigner-shot-dead-Biliran-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/foreigner-shot-dead-Biliran-2-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/foreigner-shot-dead-Biliran-2-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/foreigner-shot-dead-Biliran-2-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/foreigner-shot-dead-Biliran-2-560x420.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a>According to witnesses, the foreign national was shot by a riding-in-tandem at the adjacent corner of Goldilocks.<\/p>\n<p>Based on initial information, the foreign national who was from Maripipi was shot at around 6:00 o&#8217;clock in the morning.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/foreigner-shot-dead-Biliran-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16227\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/foreigner-shot-dead-Biliran-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/foreigner-shot-dead-Biliran-3.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/foreigner-shot-dead-Biliran-3-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/foreigner-shot-dead-Biliran-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/foreigner-shot-dead-Biliran-3-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/foreigner-shot-dead-Biliran-3-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/foreigner-shot-dead-Biliran-3-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/foreigner-shot-dead-Biliran-3-560x420.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another foreigner shot dead in Biliran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SOCO in Biliran already conducted preliminary investigation at the scene of the crime while police authorities in Naval and the provincial police office are now conducting an investigation on the identity of the perpetrators and the motorcycle they used.<\/p>\n<p>Police authorities used the two CCTVs installed in the area to aid in their investigation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>VIDEO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LIpcAVk07Ag\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yn_8afSVqsE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In an interview with BiliranIsland.com, the suspect denied that he was involved in the killing of Simon Rawlinson. He claimed he was just in his house, gathering nipa leaves and making thatches. He added that he is a police intel asset, and that the suspected shabu was not his, since he does not smoke.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fbiliranisland%2Fposts%2F10159610471815131&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"626\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The CCTV footage of LGU Naval on the shooting and killing of Simon Rawlinson led to the arrest of the alleged lookout and alleged gunman.<\/p>\n<p>We cut from the video the portion of the actual shooting due to graphic content.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hHW52UU0Hog\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Naval Mayor Gerard Roger M. Espina issued a statement that he is putting a bounty worth P80,000 on who can give vital information that will lead to the capture of these gunmen who murdered the New Zealander Simon Rawlinson this morning.<\/p>\n<p>The recent shooting of the New Zealander was the third killing of a foreigner on the island by gunmen riding on motorcycles in a span of 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>In June, 2016, a 74 year-old Dutch businessman was shot accompanied by his 11-year-old son who was also wounded but survived.<\/p>\n<p>In March, 2017, a former US marine was shot dead at the highway of Bato, Biliran, Biliran. -BiliranIsland.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BiliranIsland.com First Posted 08:00 AM July 26, 2017 Last Updated 12:40 PM July 29, 2017 UPDATE 9:16 AM July 29, 2017 Result of paraffin test was negative but the firearm was positively fired and will be brought to the crime laboratory in Camp Crame for confirmatory test said PSSupt Robert Alexander A. Morico II, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5535],"tags":[62,7860,32,5066,7861,7859],"class_list":["post-16218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-biliran","tag-gun-downed","tag-naval","tag-new-zealand","tag-shot-dead","tag-simon-rawlinson"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/img_9827.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}