TOO MUCH LOVE WILL KILL YOU

‘Love triangle’ eyed in janitor’s slay of his boss
By Shiena M. Barrameda

NAGA CITY --- A budding ‘love triangle’ is being looked into as one likely reason why a janitor shot his employer’s assistant at high noon of July 14, inside a mall in this city’s downtown district.

The victim, Manuel Polin, 68, an assistant of businessmanVictor Bichara who owns the Bichara Divisoria Mall located along General Luna St. at the city’s old business district, died a few hours after he was rushed to the hospital with bullet wound on the lower part of his body.

Naga City Police Office spokesman PO3 Tobias Bongon said that their investigation showed that Quirino Gonzales, 69, janitor, shot Polin with a caliber .45 handgun inside the latter’s office at around 12:10 p.m.

Gonzales was collared after the police chased him to the rooftop of the mall where he was found hiding near a water tank shortly after the incident.

A statement from Amelia Froyalde, another employee of the mall, revealed that the bleeding Polin ran out of his office towards the Apparatus Room where other employees were having their lunch. The bloodied Polin was reportedly shouting that Gonzales shot him before fainting on the floor.

Bongon said initial interviews of witnesses and other co-workers revealed that Gonzales was already harboring hatred against Polin due to the latter’s alleged ‘bossy” or arrogant ways, aside from the fact that the two were allegedly wooing the same woman who is their co-employee.

The police spokesman, however, refused to disclose the name of the woman for the sake of propriety.

Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO) found the smoking gun later in the afternoon inside the elevated water tank of Bichara Mall.

Bongon surmised that the suspect might have already been planning to harm the victim until he got his chance last Thursday.

Gonzales, probers said, was able to hide the gun in his sleeping quarters inside the mall because he was one of the most trusted employees of the establishment.

A balisong (fan knife) was also recovered from Gonzales when he was taken for custody by the police.

Now I would have to believe Jovit. Too much love will really kill you. So you think, money is the root of all evil? I don’t think so. Love may also be a reason. It can manipulate your thinking. It can lead to anger, jealousy and vengeance. Too much of it can destroy your life, your family, your friends and other people. We are living in a complicated world where one’s problem spreads out and affects the lives of the people…having a domino effect. If we are to think, Gonzales’ deed will affect his family, Polin’s family and the involved woman’s family. It may even reach the family of Gonzales’ family, the family of Polin’s family and the involved woman’s family’s family. Like yah.