Cop dead after 'accidental' shooting in Olongapo

OLONGAPO CITY, Philippines -  A police officer here died after being accidentally shot by his fellow police just outside their police headquarters Monday morning.

Reports identified the victim as PO1 Rogene Estrada, 37 while the shooter was identified as PO1 Alexander Quiming, also a member of the Philippine National Police.

Police Senior Inspector Gil Domingo in a report said the shooting took place  at around 8:40 a.m., Monday while the two were talking near the sentinel post at camp Lt. Manuel Cabal in barangay Baretto, Olongapo City.

Two police officers identified as PO2 David Domingo and PO2 Wilmon Jaudian said that they were talking to Quiming when the latter pulled out a cal. 38 revolver and played with it.

Estrada,  according to the witnesses, was talking to a woman two meters away when he was hit by the bullet coming from Quiming's pistol.

The victim was rushed to the hospital but died an hour after.

Recovered from the scene was the cal. 38 revolver, while police are still conducting follow up operations to find Quiming who fled after the shooting.