In a press conference at the Remington Hotel at New Port City, Pasay
City on Sunday, National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) chief Director
Oscar Albayalde identified the gunman as Jessie Carlos, Filipino, 43, separated
and a former employee of the Department of Finance (DOF).
He is married to Jen Carlos. They have three children -- one son and
two daughters.
The suspect's last known address is at 1663 Felix Huertas St. corner
San Lazaro, Barangay 339, Zone 34, Sta. Cruz, Manila.
Carlos was dismissed from the service for issues on misdeclaration and
non-disclosure of his Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net worth (SALN).
Albayalde added that "at 5:30 a.m. this morning (Sunday), members
of his family arrived and sat down with our SITG (Special Investigation Task
Group) investigators, after thorough review of details, photos, CCTV
(closed-circuit television) footages, the family confirmed the identity of the
perpetrator."
According to his immediate family, his being hooked in casino gambling
made him heavily indebted.
This became the cause of a misunderstanding between him, his wife and
parents.
His bank account's outstanding debt of PHP4 million and several other
non-bank related debts prompted him to sell his Ford Ranger.
During the press conference, the gunman's parents, Fernando Carlos and
Teodora Carlos expressed their deepest sympathy to the families and friends of
the victims and to the public in general.
"Today, we hope to have brought closure and peace to the bereaved
families," Albayalde said.
According to Albayalde, the wife of the gunman remained silent during
the press conference as that she was "depressed" while thinking about
their three children aged, 17, 13, and 8.
Jessie's wife also did not finish the press conference and hurriedly
left the place.
With this, the PNP reiterated that the attack at the luxury casino
hotel is not an act of terror.
"We also reiterate our prior statements that this is not an act of
terrorism but this incident is confined to the act of one man alone as we have
always said," Albayalde said.
"We have and will continue to base our pronouncements on facts and
evidence properly gathered," he added.
Albayalde also warned that they will "not allow people or any
threat group to use this situation to advance their propaganda or personal
causes whether foreign or local."
The NCRPO chief added that the Philippine Amusement and Gaming
Corporation (PAGCOR), on April 3, 2017, barred Jessie Carlos from all casinos,
including the Resorts World.
Likewise, he urged the public not to spread false speculations
regarding the incident.
"We ask for people to stop spreading false speculations linking
this act to terrorism. Again, as we always maintained, this not an act of
terrorism! Help us build peace here in our region by spreading only the
truth," Albayalde said.
"Moving forward, we will continue to investigate, we ensure to the
families that we shall spare no one of any lapses committed during the
incident," he added. (Perfecto T. Raymundo/PNA)
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