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Christmas turns bloody for cop shot in Pasay City

December 26, 2009 2:04am
Christmas turned bloody for a police officer when he was shot by a fellow cop inside the Senate compound in Pasay City.

Quoting police report, radio dzBB's Denver Trinidad said police inspector Julius Alatraca sustained several wounds after Police Officer 3 Fernando Macalindong shot him with a gun.

The two reportedly engaged in a heated argument over missing M16 rifles before the incident took place Friday noon.

Alatraca was rushed to the Manila Sanitarium Hospital in Pasay. Authorities are now tracking down Macalindong. - Aie Balagtas See, GMANews.TV