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BY MAE SINGUAY
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Tuesday, January 3, 2017
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BACOLOD City – One case of indiscriminate firing was reported in this city on New Year’s Day — contrary to what the Police Regional Office 18 earlier said that there was no such incident during the holidays.
But despite this, the police and the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH) claimed there were no recorded injuries caused by stray bullets as of 11 a.m. on Monday.
The CLMMRH recorded 32 injuries caused by firecrackers from Dec. 21, 2016 to Jan. 2 this year. The cases were from across Negros Occidental, including this capital city.
Dr. Marlon Tabligan, chief of the CLMMRH’s medical professional staff, hopes the cases this year will be less than in previous years.
All the victims were outpatients. Most of them were males aged 15 to 19 years old and did not use firecrackers themselves, “natalsikan lang,” said Tabligan. Most of the injuries were in the eyes.
Fifty-three injuries were recorded from Dec. 21, 2015 to Jan. 5, 2016, and 40 from Dec. 21, 2014 to January 2015.
Meanwhile the only case of indiscriminate firing reported in the province so far happened in Barangay Alijis on Sunday afternoon.
No casualty or injury caused by the incident had been reported, said Chief Inspector Charles Gever, Police Station 7 commander.
The incident happened despite repeated warnings against indiscriminate firing, lamented Senior Inspector Armilyn Vargas, public information officer for the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO).
“Right now the suspect, 20-year-old Alvin Martinez of Barangay Alijis, remains at large,” said Vargas, “but rest assured that justice will be served.”
The caliber of the gun Martinez supposedly used remained unidentified as of this writing, while the circumstances surrounding the discharge of the firearm were not immediately clear.
The officer stressed that the BCPO will continue its campaign against irresponsible gun owners./PN
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