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If all the details in this story are true, then this is beyond embarrassing.
“Police Officer 1 (PO1) Clifford Delos Santos, 31 — who is assigned at the QCPD Novaliches Police Station 4 (PS-4) — was injured after he accidentally shot himself while cleaning his gun inside his house on Balgos St., Old Balara,” reports Francis T. Wakefield in Manila Bulletin.
The incident happened at around 4am on Wed, Sep 2.
The report noted: “It was learned that Delos Santos was about to go to work and was cleaning his service firearm, a Glock 17 Gen 4, when he accidentally squeezed the trigger. He was hit in the abdomen.”
Delos Santos’ family members rushed him to the East Avenue Medical Center (EAMC) for treatment.
The incident is still under investigation.
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