Wednesday, January 05, 2011

Philippines killer gunman captured in family photo taken by victim

A photograph taken by a Philippine politician moments before he was shot dead has led to the arrest of his suspected killer. Reynaldo Dagsa, a Manila district councillor, took a photo of his family outside their house on New Year's Day.

Unknowingly, a man raising his gun to fire was included in the background of the snap. The family gave the photo to police who have now detained a man on suspicion of murder.



The killer is shown in the photograph wearing a back-to-front baseball cap just behind Mr Dagsa's daughter, wife and mother-in-law, who were unaware of his presence.

"While he was taking the picture of his family on New Year's Day, the killer appeared and he inadvertently took the picture of the killer with the gun aimed at him," local police chief Jude Santos said.

Many thanks Jeff!

3 comments:

cath said...

That's an incredible photo, isn't it?

L said...

What's more incredible is how people still think killing will solve all their problems.

Insolitus said...

No L, not all their problems, that would be deluded. But it does solve some of them and that's enough for many, unfortunately.