7 Ormoc cops in custody for attack on Espinosa

Rep. Richard Gomez slams Kerwin Espinosa

CEBU CITY – Rolan Kerwin Espinosa has pointed to politics as the motive behind the recent attempt on his life. REP. Richard GomezThe self-confessed drug lord has also seemingly implicated Leyte fourth district Rep. Richard Gomez and wife Ormoc City, Leyte Mayor Lucy Torres-Gomez in the failed slay try. Gomez said everything that Espinosa says should be taken with a grain of salt. “Do not believe somebody like him who has no credibility and a sel…

7 Ormoc cops in custody for attack on Espinosa

SCENE OF THE CRIME Confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa, who is running for mayor of Albuera, Leyte, was shot and wounded by an unidentified assailant while on a campaign stop in the covered court at Barangay Tinag-an on Thursday. —ROEL T. AMAZONA, ERIC AMARO/CONTRIBUTORS TACLOBAN CITY – The Albuera, Leyte, police has taken custody of seven police officers from Ormoc City who were found in a residential compound following the pursuit of the alleg…

Albuera, Leyte mayoral candidate Kerwin Espinosa, who was shot while campaigning on Thursday, has been released from the hospital. After several police officers in Ormoc became persons of interest in what happened to him, Espinosa has a call for the couple Lucy Torres-Gomez and Richard Gomez, mayor and congressman of Ormoc.

7 Leyte cops tagged in Kerwin slay try

The chief of police of Ormoc City and six of his men have been tagged as persons of interest in connection with an attempt to kill Kerwin Espinosa, who was shot while campaigning in this town on Thursday afternoon.

7 cops 'persons of interest' in Kerwin Espinosa shooting, PNP says

Roland "Kerwin" Espinosa, a self-confessed drug lord, is running for mayor in Albuera, Leyte.

7 cops under custody for possible link in Kerwin Espinosa shooting

By Christopher Lloyd Caliwan UNDER CUSTODY. Seven police officers are held in custody following the shooting incident that wounded Albuera, Leyte mayoralty candidate Kerwin Espinosa while campaigning in Barangay Tinad-an on Thursday (April 10, 2025). The cops were found in a compound where an alleged gunman proceeded after the shooting. (Photo courtesy of PNP PIO) MANILA – Seven cops were arrested and put under custody for possible involvement i…