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Saturday, December 29, 2007 (Philippines)

Cop’s gun goes off: baby dies

A THREE-YEAR-OLD boy died of a gunshot wound in the chest when a police range officer’s gun accidentally went off inside his rented room in Barangay Lorega–San Miguel, Cebu City shortly before noon yesterday.

Shane Kent Bel Lun-zaga was sleeping when the slug hit him. He didn’t make it to the Cebu City Medical Center alive.

The bullet also hit a woman, who is seven months pregnant, in her left leg. She was rushed to the Chong Hua Hospital for treatment.
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Scene-of-crime officer (top) points to the ceiling through which the bullet from the upper floor passed and hit a three-year-old baby (above right, with his mother) sleeping on the bed. The Bry. Lorega-San Miguel accident involved PO3 Benjamin Herbias (above left) and his .357 revolver. Herbias’ live-in partner was also injured. The boy’s mother was unhurt.(Contributed photos/Caloy Gokotano)

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