Man shot by junk shop owner in Pangasinan

By Liezle Basa Inigo

CALASIAO, Pangasinan  – A construction worker was rushed to the hospital after he was accidentally shot by his colleague in the right leg here in Barangay Doyong on Jan. 2.
    Pangasinan Provincial Hospital San Carlos City staff told Calasiao police that a patient named Jerwin Casipit, 21 of Barangay Lumbang, Calasiao was brought there due to a gunshot wound in the right leg.
    Police investigators found around 10 p.m. on Jan. 2, the victim went to a junk shop in Barangay Doyong to fetch his brother-in-law.
    But instead of going home immediately, he joined a drinking session with junk shop owner Arnold Go.
    Go later brought out a gun and removed its magazine, but it suddenly went off, hitting Casipit in the right leg.
    The victim was rushed to the hospital where the slug was recovered from his leg during surgery.
    Go was apprehended by the police in a follow up operation.
    He admitted he had no license to possess the firearm.