Mayor Loot sustains wound in ‘accidental gun discharge’ | Inquirer

Mayor Loot sustains wound in ‘accidental gun discharge’

/ 06:40 AM June 01, 2018

CEBU CITY — Daanbantayan, Cebu, Mayor Vicente Loot sustained a gunshot wound in the leg after a gun accidentally discharged as he was about to leave the wake of a supporter on Wednesday night in Barangay Lanao, according to Senior Insp. Adrian Nalua, the town police chief.

“The mayor was on board the vehicle of retired police Insp. Jose Ducay around 8:40 p.m. when he sat on a gun which fired accidentally,” said Nalua.

Loot was rushed to Daanbantayan District Hospital for treatment of a leg wound.

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Nalua said the firearm was not recovered.

Provincial board member Sun Shimura, a stepson of Loot, said they would issue a press statement on the incident.—REPORTS FROM BENJIE TALISIC AND JESSA SOTTO

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