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Student shoots grandpa dead

Raymund Catindig - The Philippine Star
August 27, 2015 | 10:00am

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Philippines  – An 80-year-old man died while his wife was wounded when their grandson accidentally shot them with a homemade gun in San Ildefonso, Ilocos Sur Tuesday night.

Town police chief Senior Inspector Nilo Racuma identified the fatality as Jose Natividad and the wounded as Naty, 79, both of Barangay Poblacion West.

Naty told police that her grandson Joseph Natividad Jr., a college student, was playing with a .38 caliber revolver when it went off, hitting Jose in the chest and her in the neck.

Naty was brought to the Northside Doctor’s Hospital in Bantay, Ilocos Sur for treatment.

Police launched a manhunt for Joseph.

ACIRC

BARANGAY POBLACION WEST

ILOCOS SUR

ILOCOS SUR TUESDAY

JOSE NATIVIDAD

JOSEPH NATIVIDAD JR.

NATY

NORTHSIDE DOCTOR

POLICE

SAN ILDEFONSO

SENIOR INSPECTOR NILO RACUMA
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