ILOILO City – The Jaro police station is investigating the death of a police officer assigned at the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO).
Police Senior Master Sergeant Stephen Aguilar of Barangay Cuartero, Jaro district died of a gunshot wound to the head around 5:30 a.m. on Sunday in his room.
His wife Sally told police she tried to awaken her husband to report to the IPPO.
Aguilar reportedly got his gun – a .9mm pistol – under the pillow but it went off hitting his head.
He died while being rushed to the Iloilo Mission Hospital.
A spent bullet shell of a .9mm pistol was recovered from Aguilar’s room.
According to Police Captain Shella Mae Sangrines, spokesperson of the Iloilo City Police Office, the investigation would be thorough.
“It was stated that this was a case of accidental firing. (But) we are waiting for the (state of the) family. They are still in the state of shock,” Sangrines added./PN
