Drinking and guns

From Negros Island comes to us the devastating news of a man who accidentally shot dead his six-year-old daughter in Barangay 10, Victorias City, Negros Occidental, last August 30.

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According to news reports, the man was handling a gun while he was drinking with friends. The gun accidentally went off and his daughter, who happened to be just passing by, was shot in the face. She was rushed to the hospital where she later died.

The man’s wife has decided not to file parricide charges against her husband, although he may yet face charges for illegal possession of firearms. And that may be somewhat hard to prove since the man said he threw his gun into a river.