Security guard accidentally kills fellow watchman in Quezon
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LUCENA CITY, Philippines – A security guard accidentally killed a colleague with his service firearm in Mauban town in Quezon province Saturday, police said.
A police report said Francis Obal, 21, was fixing his shotgun inside the guard house when he unintentionally pulled the trigger and hit Jerome Arquilla, 21, who was standing outside.
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The incident happened inside the compound of Global DHI Philippines Incorporated in Barangay (village) Cagsiay 2 at about 12:50 p.m.
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Arquilla sustained a bullet wound in the left lower abdomen and died on the way to the Mauban District Hospital.
Obal was arrested and detained at the town police jail. /cbb
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