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<\/a><\/a>Limes, 52, a former staff assistant of Delegate Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan (Ind-MP), meanwhile was found dead inside her house on Monday shortly after noon.<\/p>\n
As of yesterday, no one had been arrested yet in both cases, but police disclosed yesterday that they have a person of interest in Limes\u2019 murder.<\/p>\n
Although two double homicide cases have already happened on Saipan, Department of Public Safety Commissioner James C. Deleon Guerrero said it\u2019s his first time to encounter two homicides in a row in the CNMI. He also disclosed that the security guard victim was his first cousin.<\/p>\n
In a press briefing yesterday, Deleon Guerrero said police responded at 5:47am yesterday to a shooting incident at Royal Poker, which is located on the ground floor of a two-story building at the corner of Beach Road, San Antonio and Afetnas Road.<\/p>\n
Police discovered the body of the security guard, identified as James Patrick Deleon Guerrero, in the bathroom of the poker arcade.<\/p>\n
Preliminary investigation revealed that the arcade\u2019s female cashier saw the masked suspect walk in and fire a handgun at Deleon Guerrero.<\/p>\n
Deleon Guerrero ran toward the bathroom, while the cashier hid under the booth.<\/p>\n
Two more shots were fired, then the suspect abruptly fled the scene. Police officers were then contacted.<\/p>\n
DPS Commissioner Deleon Guerrero said he has no information yet whether the suspect got any money from Royal Poker.<\/p>\n
Deleon Guerrero said they have no person of interest in this case as the investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n
The commissioner said Guam chief medical examiner Aurelio Espinola, who was about to leave for Guam, was summoned to the scene where he pronounced the victim dead.<\/p>\n
Espinola was on island because he conducted the autopsy on Limes on Monday night.<\/p>\n
DPS acting spokesman Jason Tarkong said a review of the surveillance footage and witness\u2019 account showed that it appeared to be an attempted robbery.<\/p>\n
Before crime scene detectives removed Deleon Guerrero body from Royal Poker at 9:35am and transported it to the Commonwealth Health Center\u2019s morgue, investigators summoned a male security guard, who identified the body as Deleon Guerrero, his cousin.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe grew up together,\u201d the teary-eyed cousin told Saipan Tribune. He was very quiet as he watched a pickup truck loaded with the victim\u2019s body leave the scene on its way to the Commonwealth Health Center\u2019s morgue.<\/p>\n
The cousin said Deleon Guerrero just started work as a security guard less than a year ago. He said it was he who encouraged him to work with their company.<\/p>\n
Deleon Guerrero used to cut grass and mow lawns for a living. His son and common-law wife were in Guam yesterday to visit her ailing mother.<\/p>\n
The cousin said he immediately responded upon receiving a call about the incident.<\/p>\n
He learned that the suspect shot the floor in the cashier\u2019s booth, where the female cashier ducked.<\/p>\n
He said the victim ran to the restroom and locked it, but the suspect possibly shot the door as he saw bullet holes in it.<\/p>\n
Deleon Guerrero\u2019s duty at Royal Poker that day was from 12am to 6am.<\/p>\n
Royal Poker is located on the ground floor of a two-story building beside the former Labor and Immigration offices.<\/p>\n
Family members started to arrive at the scene at 8:50am.<\/p>\n
A woman who said she is Deleon Guerrero\u2019s cousin described him as a hardworking person who has a lot of friends.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just saw him yesterday. He\u2019s very helpful,\u201d she said, adding that she could not believe that any person could do that to him.<\/p>\n
She said her mother is like a mother to Deleon Guerrero when his own parents passed away many years ago. She said her mother was unhappy when the victim decided to work as a security guard because it\u2019s a very dangerous job.<\/p>\n
Limes homicide<\/p>\n
In the first homicide case, police said the DPS 911 dispatch received a call on Monday at 12:12pm of a suspicious bloody room at the residence of Ana Maria Limes in San Jose or Oleai Village.<\/p>\n
Patrol officers were dispatched and discovered a body of a woman at the entrance to the residence\u2019s front living room door.<\/p>\n
Fire\/medics responded to the scene.<\/p>\n
The victim showed signs of having been deceased for some time already, with fatal injuries to the head. The victim was later identified as Limes, 52.<\/p>\n
There was information that an ax was used in the killing, but Commissioner Deleon Guerrero would not comment on the matter of the weapon.<\/p>\n
Sources said Limes just married Syl Sablan two weeks ago.<\/p>\n
The commissioner said they are not releasing any information with regards to the husband.<\/p>\n
Sources said Sablan was arrested on Saturday for disturbing the peace.<\/p>\n
A relative of Limes said they believe that Limes was killed either on Friday or Saturday. The relative described the victim as \u201ca very nice person.\u201d<\/p>\n
Limes was a regular cultural dance performer at the annual Flame Tree Arts Festival.<\/p>\n
Commissioner Deleon Guerrero said the past 24 hours have been an extremely busy period for the men and women of DPS.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe full resources of the CNMI DPS have been put to bear with the outmost intention of resolving these incidents,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The commissioner encouraged all members of the community with information about the incidents to contact the DPS Commonwealth Bureau of Investigation at 664-9042 or 234-7272, if they wish to remain anonymous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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