Stray bullet hits 1-yr-old

A 1-year-old girl  was hit and wounded by a stray bullet inside her  home in Upper Lipata, Minglanilla town, south Cebu, last Sunday.

A bullet was removed from the head of Charice Opsima, who is recuperating  at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center.

Police said they are investigating who could have fired the gun.  The bullet entered through the house roof, meaning it could have come from a weapon discharged outside the house and into the air.

Charice was drinking  a glass of Milo chocolate  around 6:30 a.m. when her mother Eralyn, 19,  heard her crying.

The mother rushed to Charice’s side, and found her   lying on the floor bloodied.

No  burst of gunfire was heard, said residents.

PO2 Vincent Aliñabo  said a Cebu City policeman who lives 15 meters away  denied firing his gun at that time.

He said he was  asleep when the bullet entered Eralyn’s house through the roof.

A firing range is located about two kilometers away  from the house.

Investigation is ongoing, said police.REPORTER RHEA RUTH V. ROSELL