Murder raps filed vs La Union trader, cop

LUNA, La Union – A businessman here involved in the trucking business, a policeman, and a companion were charged with murder after witnesses tagged them in the Aug. 30 killing of a relative of the mayor of Balaoan town.

Chief Inspector Eduardo Danguecan Jr., Luna police chief, identified the suspects as businessman Arturo Naanus Jr., PO3 Reynante Nayal and a certain Nanding Nobleza.

Danguecan said several people witnessed the killing of Alvin Francis Ordoño, a relative of Balaoan Mayor Al-Fred Concepcion and provincial board member Joaquin Ostrea Jr., at the Playa de Azucena Resort here and tagged the three suspects as the ones behind it.

Danguecan said Nayal is now detained at the provincial jail in San Fernando City, while Naanus and Nobleza are still at large.

Ordoño sustained a gunshot wound from a caliber .45 pistol below the armpit.

Nayal, assigned in Sallapadan, Abra, denied any hand in the killing. Witnesses alleged that Naanus was the triggerman and that he was assisted by Nobleza.