The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) volunteer driver, who was recently named a “suspect” in the recent shooting incident in the Senate shooting, could only have tested positive in paraffin test since he may have gotten the gunpowder in the Senate premises, NBI Director Melvin Matibag said on Tuesday.
Matibag said this in Machra’s Balitaan news forum after asserting that the NBI volunteer was not carrying a gun when the shooting happened.
“In the chain of custody, in that ballistic order, in the chain of custody, you should get the gun, then have him paraffined. So, that’s where you’ll see it. That’s the possibility that the gun was fired. That’s the initial thing that comes to mind right away,” Matibag, speaking Filipino, explained when asked why the NBI driver tested positive when he did not carry a gun.
“When he was arrested, from GSIS [premises], he was taken to the Senate grounds on the second floor, he was laid down right where the OSAA was shooting when the gun was fired,” Matibag pointed out.
“So, you will see, there is definitely gunpowder there. So that is a possibility. I’m not saying there is, but that is a possibility. Which is reasonable. A reasonable man would be able to do that. Because he still doesn’t have it. There was a video taken on the fifth floor. He was there when he was going to put the gun in and he didn’t have it in his hand,” he said.
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