Guard guns down 12-year-old boy

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Philippines  – A security guard shot to death a 12-year-old boy whom he claimed broke into the grocery store he was guarding in Barangay Afsing Daga in Alcala, Cagayan, reports reaching the provincial police office here bared yesterday.

Senior Inspector Zaldy Mallari, Cagayan police office information officer, said the victim was a student of the Alcala West District Elementary School in the said town.

The suspect, Benny Cabag, 37, admitted firing his gun, claiming he was awakened by the sound of the victim’s entry at around 8 p.m.

The suspect surrendered to village officials after the incident.