Slain Filipino councilman caught killer in family photo

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http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/04/slain-filipino-councilman-caught-killer-in-family-photo/?hpt=T2

It's not uncommon for criminals to be caught on tape in the age of smartphones and pocket-sized cameras, but you don't often hear of someone photographing their own murderer.

The Philippine Daily Inquirer and hundreds of other news outlets are reporting that Caloocan City Councilman Reynaldo Dagsa did just that on New Year's Day.

The photo, which was distributed to police and the media by the Dagsa family, shows Dagsa's wife, daughter and another relative posing for a photograph. A man in the background is standing behind the family and another man wearing a backward baseball cap is holding a handgun whose muzzle is illuminated by the camera's flash.

The family seems unaware of the gunman's presence. Presumably, the two shots that entered the councilman's chest and arm rang out just after his shutter snapped. Dagsa was pronounced dead at the hospital.

(more at link)

[Starbucks Anarchist]

1. Kick

[Flubadubya]

2. That is just creepy...

photographing your murderer just at the time he murders you. Creepy indeed. I hope the picture will help them find the guy.

[cascadiance]

3. You'd think that the killer would have seen him having a camera pointed...

... before he lifted up the gun to shoot him. Pretty stupid if he values his own life at all.