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Date: 06 February 2013
Source: Cebu Daily News 7:35 am | Wednesday, February 6th, 2013

Police files

A 17-YEAR-OLD boy was shot and wounded by a security guard while he and two other boys were scavenging for scraps in a private compound in barangay Marigondon Lapu-Lapu City.

The boy was taken to the Mactan Doctors’ Hospital with a gunshot wound in the body.

Jefrel Matus of Archangel Security and Investigative Agency could no longer be found after the incident, Senior Insp. Zenaido Pastorfide said.

Matus was detailed in a fenced compound owned by Dakay Construction, police said.

Residents in the area told police that the three boys were scavenging at the back of the compound around 8 a.m. Monday when a gunshot rang out.

The three boys ran after the gunshot.

One of the boy later discovered that he was wounded.

Police said it was possible that a shotgun was used in the shooting based on the presence of lead pellets in the boy’s wound.

Police went to the compound after the shooting was reported but the security was no longer there./CORRESPONDENT NORMAN V. MENDOZA