A MAN believed to be suffering from a nervous breakdown was shot dead after he tried hacking a responding police officer in Barangay 13, Victorias City Thursday morning, March 25, 2021.

Police identified the fatality as Hernani Pimentel, a resident of Villa Victorias Relocation Site in the said barangay.

Based on the initial report of Victorias City police, they responded to the area after they were informed by concerned citizens that Pimentel was distressed and was swinging around his bolo.

When police arrived, they initially tried to calm Pimentel down and asked him to drop the bolo he was holding. Pimentel did not listen and started chasing down one of the cops identified as Police Master Sargeant Valentin Cerdeña.

Cerdeña initially fired a warning shot, but when Pimentel continued to assault him, he was forced to open fire on the victim hitting him in the chest.

Pimentel was rushed to the Kaayong Lawas Foundation Hospital in Victorias City, but he was declared dead by hospital staff.

Cerdeña, meanwhile, was also being treated after his hand was hit by the victim’s bolo.