A teenager was accidentally shot and wounded by his uncle during a drinking spree Wednesday night in Sitio Looc, Barangay Tampocon 1, Ayungon, Negros Oriental.

The victim, identified as Rodrigo Caluscusin, 18, single, of Sitio Looc, while the police are withholding the identity of the suspect.

Caluscusin was fist brought to the Bindoy District Hospital , and later to the Negros Oriental Provincial Hospital . He said he was with his uncle, cousins and some friends, when the suspect suddenly got a gun of unknown caliber and fired it, hitting him in the left leg.

Meanwhile, a collector and runner of the illegal numbers game “swertres” was arrested Thursday night by the Amlan police.

Rey Ybañez, 28, single, of Brgy. Bio-os, Amlan, was riding a motorcycle on the way to Brgy. Mag-abo, Amlan, when he was nabbed.

Recovered from him were seven tally sheets containing different number combinations and cash bets in different denominations amounting to P2,284, as well as the tally sheets, cash and the Kawasaki motorcycle.

Ybañez, who was detained at the Amlan PNP, will be charged with violating Presidential Decree 1602, or the illegal numbers game law.*RG

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