Accidental shootings leave 1 dead, 1 wounded
Two men were shot by accident by their friends separately on Monday, leaving one of the victims dead while the other one ended up in the hospital.
Emard Ulanday, 31, was arrested hours after he shot his friend, Kenneth Paule, 38, an assistant cameraman of GMA Network.
Case investigator PO2 Marlon dela Vega said an improvised shotgun was seized from the suspect, a resident of San Beda Compound in Libis, Barangay (village) Bahay Toro, Quezon City.
Paule, who lived in San Pedro Village, Barangay Tandang Sora, died after he was accidentally shot by the suspect at 7:35 p.m. on Monday in front of a canteen in the suspect’s neighborhood.
The victim was rushed to Quezon City General Hospital but died due to gunshot wounds in the back.
Ulanday claimed that Paule was carrying the firearm when they saw an approaching police car. He said that Paule handed him the shotgun in an attempt to hide it but as they were passing it to each other, it went off, hitting the victim.
Ulanday was arrested after he was positively identified by witnesses, one of whom told the police that he had gone to her house and had confided in her that he unintentionally shot the victim.
The suspect also asked for help in bringing his friend to the hospital although he suddenly left without giving her an explanation, she added.
In Malabon City, what was supposed to be harmless banter between two employees at a warehouse turned bloody as one employee, a security guard, accidentally shot the foreman he was joking around with.
The Malabon police identified the suspect as security guard Rodynel Mesias, 21, a resident of Plapla Street in Barangay Longos, Malabon City. The victim was named as foreman Eric Alvarez, 29, a resident of Bagong Silang, Caloocan City.
The incident happened at the compound of Univom Warehouse on M.H. del Pilar Street in Barangay Maysilo on Monday afternoon.
Investigation showed that the two employees were trading jokes when Alvarez, who was cleaning the compound, sprinkled Mesias with water.
The security guard then pretended to draw his .38-cal. revolver but it accidentally fired and hit the victim in the right foot.
The victim was immediately rushed to Manila Central University Hospital in Caloocan City for treatment while the suspect voluntarily gave himself up to the police. With Nathaniel R. Melican
