Guard arrested for indiscriminate firing
CEBU, Philippines — A security guard was arrested for indiscriminately firing a gun inside the firm where he is stationed in Barangay Lawaan 1, Talisay City Saturday evening.
Fortunately, no one was hurt.
Narciso Otara, 46, of Barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City was reportedly drunk during the incident.
He is employed by Standout Security Agency and deployed at Solid Construction Shop. He was on off duty during the incident.
Initial investigation revealed that Otara refused to turn over the service gun to the security guard on duty.
Otara became unruly and fired the .38 caliber revolver.
His colleagues immediately called for assistance from the police.
Operatives were quick to handcuff the suspect and they recovered the .38 caliber revolver with one live bullet and two empty shells inside the cylinder.
He was arrested and detained at the station pending the filing of charges of grave threat and illegal discharge of firearm.
Police are checking if the recovered firearm is covered with proper documents. —/MBG (FREEMAN)
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