Akrho man, who stirs up slay of Tau Gamma cousin, surrenders

The Alpha Kappa Rho member, who was pointed at as the one who called his fraternity brothers to attack and kill his own cousin belonging to the rival Tau Gamma Phi the other day, surrendered to the police late yesterday evening.

Tyke Lomibao was with his parents Annabel and Rufu when he yielded to the City Police homicide section at past 10pm yesterday.

Homicide Section chief, Mario Monilar, then ordered Tyke detained and subjected to a paraffin test at PNP Crime Laboratory. He has not issued any statement yet about the killing.

Tyke was named among the suspects in the killing of his 23-year-old cousin Kayle Lomibao Capsa, an inactive Tau Gamma member, right inside the Capsa compound in barangay Sambag 2 Monday night.

The day after the killing, Akrho member Richie John Moreno yielded to broadcaster Bobby Nalzaro, saying he feared for his life. Moreno, who is now in police custody, was named among those who allegedly stormed the compound and shot Kyle dead.

Two other alleged assailants, Alexander Pala and Evan Sala, are still at-large. But they, along with the already detained Tyke and Moreno were already charged with murder before the city prosecutor's office.

Police investigation earlier disclosed that Tyke had a heated altercation first with his cousin Capsa inside the latter's place. Later on, Tyke left allegedly to seek help from his Akrho brothers.

Shortly after, Moreno along with Pala and Sala arrived at the compound and allegedly shot Capsa on the chest. Capsa did not make it to the hospital alive while his assailants fled.

The incident became part of the Homicide Section statistics released yesterday disclosing that at least 43 fraternity-inspired cases happened in the city since January last year to the present.

Of this number, 13 were murder cases, three were homicide, and the rest were either frustrated murder or attempted homicide. The victims were members of both Akrho and Tau Gamma, and even innocent civilians caught in the crossfire.

Meanwhile, Mayor Tomas Osmeña reiterated that the city government would run after all kinds of criminals and not just fraternity members committing crimes in the city. The mayor clarified he has nothing against any fraternity but only against fraternity members committing crimes.

"We will run after those who commit crimes; that's guaranteed. We hope that fraternities will tighten their organization, because they are very loose," Osmeña said.

The police should double their effort in catching criminals, he said, adding that he is mulling over the giving of rewards to anybody who could identify culprits that would lead to their arrest. - Ryan P. Borinaga and Mitchelle P. Calipayan