[Trigger Warning: Sexual violence/ rape] A 37-year-old tricycle driver suspected of raping his 12-year-old stepdaughter was shot dead by police after he allegedly resisted arrest in Davao City on Friday night, police said on Saturday.
spokesperson, said the suspect, identified only as a certain Dennis, was declared dead on arrival at Southern Philippines Medical Center due to gunshot wounds after an armed confrontation with lawmen at his house in Barangay 76-A.Investigation revealed that members of the San Pedro Police Station went to the suspect’s house at around 8:30 p.m. after his live-in partner reported to police that the suspect sexually assaulted her old daughter.
The child, a fourth-grade student, was inside her room when the suspect allegedly went in and abused her at around 8 a.m.
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