Woman shoots self in spat with lover
A woman was critically wounded after she shot herself in the head during a heated argument with her female partner inside their house in barangay Pardo, Cebu City.
Lina (not her real name) remains in coma in a Cebu City hospital where she was rushed after the incident.
Police said the victim and her partner, Jonalyn Abelga, 26, argued around 11 p.m. last Tuesday over the victim’s suspicions that Abelga was involved with a man.
The couple has been living together for a year, said police
While they were arguing, Lina ran to their room and took a handgun from a cabinet and pointed it at her right temple.
Despite her partner’s appeals to calm down, she squeezed the trigger.
Article continues after this advertisementRelatives brought the wounded woman to the hospital.
Article continues after this advertisementResponding policemen recovered a .38 revolver with one bullet and and an empty shell.
A deformed slug was recovered in the room.
Police said Lina’s relatives had no interest in filing charges. /CNU INTERN MARY ELAINE BARING
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