Police in Tacloban City say both minor suspects in the shooting at San Jose National High School have been arrested and are now in police custody. According to the Eastern Visayas Police Regional Office (PRO 8), one suspect is apprehended soon after the incident, inside the school campus. PRO 8 director Brig. Gen. Jason Capoy said the first suspect was caught right after the shooting while he was still on the school grounds. Tacloban City Police Director Col. Noelito Getigan adds that teachers, students, and parents help prevent the suspect from fleeing. Reports also describe community involvement in locating and detaining the other suspect. Getigan says the second minor suspect later surrenders to authorities several hours after the shooting, after a neighbor turns him over to police. Police statements indicate the second suspect is brought to Police Station 1, where he is processed following the surrender. A video report shows the suspect being urged by neighbors to surrender and later being escorted to the police station. Police continue to investigate the incident, including the circumstances that led to the shooting and the suspects’ roles.
Both minor suspects arrested after Tacloban school shooting at San Jose National High School
Police in Tacloban City say both minor suspects in the shooting at San Jose National High School have been arrested and are now in police custody. According to the Eastern Visayas Police Regional Offi...
- The shooting happens at San Jose National High School in Tacloban City on Monday.
- Police say the first minor suspect is caught immediately after the incident on the school campus.
- Teachers, students, and parents help restrain the first suspect and prevent him from fleeing.
- The second minor suspect later surrenders, after a neighbor brings him to Police Station 1.
- Police confirm both alleged perpetrators are in custody as authorities investigate the incident.
One of the minor suspects in the San Jose National High School shooting is being urged by his neighbors to surrender. He was then escorted to the police station, where he later reportedly admitted involvement in the incident, authorities said. .](Video courtesy of Aldin Bacus)...Keep on reading: WATCH: Tacloban shooting suspect surrenders
20 hours agoTACLOBAN CITY — Both minor suspects in the deadly San Jose National High School shooting are now in police custody after a community effort by teachers, students, and parents prevented one from fleeing, while the second later surrendered. According to Tacloban City Police Director Col. Noelito Getigan, fellow students and parents immediately tackled and restrained […]...Keep on reading: 2 suspects arrested after shooting rampage in Tacloban school
21 hours agoTACLOBAN CITY — One suspect in the deadly shooting at San Jose National High School was prevented from fleeing by teachers, students, and parents, while the second suspect later surrendered, leaving both alleged perpetrators in police custody. According to Tacloban City Police Director Col. Noelito Getigan, the first suspect, a minor, was subdued by fellow […]...Keep on reading: Tacloban school shooting: Teachers, students help stop suspect
23 hours agoTACLOBAN CITY — Teachers, students, and parents helped prevent one of the suspects in the deadly shooting at San Jose National High School from fleeing, as the second suspect later surrendered to authorities, bringing both alleged perpetrators under police custody. Tacloban City Police Director Col. Noelito Getigan said the first suspect, a minor, was restrained by fellow students and several parents inside the school campus immediately after the shooting and held until police arrived. The second suspect, also a minor, surrendered several hours later and was turned over to authorities by a neighbor who brought him to Police Station 1. […]...Keep on reading: Teachers, students help stop suspect in Tacloban school shooting
1 day agoMANILA, Philippines — Both suspects behind the shooting incident at a Tacloban City school on Monday have been arrested, the Police Regional Office Eastern Visayas (PRO 8) said. “As to the first culprit, our suspect here, right after the incident, we caught him in the school,” PRO 8 director Brig. Gen. Jason Capoy told reporters in a phone interview. READ: 3 dead, 5 wounded in shooting inside school in Tacloban City “The second… We caught him right there in Barangay 87 also, near the school in San Jose. Some neighbors, some civilians, voluntarily looked for the child suspect. That’s how […]...Keep on reading: Both suspects in Tacloban City school shooting arrested — police
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