Ifugao Cop Accidentally Shoots Self

April 10, 2021 JUST IN

BAGUIO CITY(April 10, 2021)— The family, relatives, friends and colleagues of the policeman who accidentally shot himself to death Friday afternoon (April 9, 2021) are now holding a wake to honor him at Sitio Lugo, O-ong, Hingyon, Ifugao.
The cop was identified as Patrolman Jonathan Ballogan, 31, single and a resident of the said place. He is a member of the Cordillera Regional Mobile Force Batallion 15.
Ballogan was reportedly cleaning his firearm in a hut inside their residential compound before the incident. It was said that he even requested her grandmother to deliver food to the hut were he was cleaning his gun.
As the food is 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 swimming with his own blood.
Ballogan was even rushed to the hospital but was declared dead on arrival.
Artemio A. Dumlao