Ifugao policeman shoots self dead

HINGYON, Ifugao – A policeman accidentally shot himself to death here afternoon of April 9.

The cop was identified as Patrolman Jonathan Ballogan, 31, single and a resident here of Sitio Lugo, O-ong.

He was a member of the Cordillera Regional Mobile Force Battalion 15. 

Ballogan was reportedly cleaning his firearm in a hut inside their residential compound before the incident.

He requested his grandmother to bring him food while cleaning his gun.

As the food was being prepared, Ballogan's kin heard a gunshot coming from the hut where the cop was. 

They rushed to the hut and saw the victim covered in his own blood.

Ballogan was even rushed to the hospital but was declared dead on arrival.