Parking row: Guard slain in La Salle

A security guard of the De La Salle University in Manila was shot dead the other day by a Camp Crame-based policeman allegedly over a parking altercation.

Police identified the victim as Edgar de Guzman, 42, of 3 Anthony St., Barangay Holy Spirit, Quezon City.

Probers said suspect Police Officer 3 Allan Biol, 35, detailed with the Police Security Protection Office, and a resident of 56 Sampaloc St., Comembo, Makati City, was parking his Nissan Terrano van with plate number WEN-329 at about 4:50 p.m. near one of the gates of the school when he was approached by the victim.

Police said the victim allegedly told the suspect that he could not park his van at the spot and asked that he park elsewhere. Police said Biol was at the school to fetch a son of the person he was securing.

The guard’s action allegedly sparked an argument between him and the policeman.

Police said that at the height of the argument, Biol allegedly pulled out a caliber .45 pistol and shot the victim several times in the head and the body.

De Guzman was declared dead on arrival at the Ospital ng Maynila. Biol fled on foot after the incident. He was surrendered yesterday by his mother unit to the Western Police District. – Mike Frialde