A security guard was wounded by a bullet from his own service weapon on the morning of Tuesday, November 10, at the Sea Side condominium next to Mar Chiquita beach in Manatí, Puerto Rico. Around 8:00 AM a call came in to the Manatí barracks from the Dr. Center hospital in Manatí alerting that a gunshot victim had arrived for medical care.
Agent Gabriel Jiménez Otero investigated and interviewed the wounded man, identified as Tomás Arnaldo Correa Cruz, 58, who said he works as a security guard for the company Unique Segurity at the condominium. After using the bathroom, as he was putting his firearm back in the outer waistband area, his shirt pressed on the trigger area and the gun fired.
Correa Cruz was wounded in the right calf, with an entry and exit wound, and drove the company vehicle to the hospital, where the doctor on duty treated him. His condition was described as stable. A Glock model 19X 9-millimeter pistol, three magazines and 56 rounds of ammunition were seized.
A shell casing and the bullet’s jacket, which he picked up from the ground after the incident, were taken as evidence from the company’s Ford Taurus. Agent Reynaldo Ortiz, assigned to the Arecibo Technical Services Division, took 48 photos to document what happened.