Not again! Stray bullet hits Marikina teen
Nearly two weeks after 7-year-old Stephanie Nicole Ella was hit in the head by a stray bullet in Caloocan City on New Year’s Eve, another girl has become the victim of indiscriminate shooting, this time in Marikina City.
A police report identified the wounded victim as 15-year-old Patricia Garcia.
According to PO3 Agapito Arciete, Garcia and her companions Jericho Ramos and Eric Melesio were passing by Manotoc Drive in Sto. Niño, Marikina City, at 3:30 a.m. Thursday in a van when several gunshots rang out.
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Garcia was hit and suddenly slumped in her seat. Her companions immediately rushed her to Amang Rodriguez Memorial Medical Center.
An investigation into the incident was underway, the police said.—Kristine Felisse Mangunay
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