Philippine authorities say firearms used in the shooting at a Tacloban City high school are linked to a policewoman and a Cebu City security agency. The Police Regional Office Eastern Visayas (PRO 8) reports recovering a .38 caliber revolver and a 9mm pistol from two suspects, both teenagers, who are in custody. The PNP says verification shows the 9mm Glock pistol belongs to or was issued to a policewoman assigned in PRO 8 and identified as the aunt of one of the suspects. The PNP also states the guns are connected to a security agency in Cebu City. Police investigators are continuing to examine how the weapons were obtained and how they reached the suspects. The PNP has not indicated that other individuals are formally charged, and details of the suspects’ roles and motives are still under investigation. The case remains under the handling of police investigators as authorities pursue further verification of the weapons’ ownership, issuance records, and custody chain.
Tacloban school shooting: guns traced to policewoman and Cebu security agency
Philippine authorities say firearms used in the shooting at a Tacloban City high school are linked to a policewoman and a Cebu City security agency. The Police Regional Office Eastern Visayas (PRO 8)...
- PRO 8 recovers a .38 revolver and a 9mm Glock from two teenage suspects in custody.
- The PNP says verification links the 9mm Glock to a policewoman assigned in PRO 8.
- The policewoman is described as an aunt of one of the suspects.
- The PNP says the firearms are also linked to a Cebu City security agency.
- Investigators continue verifying how the firearms were obtained and brought to the suspects.
MANILA, Philippines — Police investigators linked the guns used in the Tacloban school shooting to a Cebu City security agency and a policewoman who’s the aunt of one of the suspects. The Police Regional Office Eastern Visayas (PRO 8) recovered a caliber .38 revolver and a 9mm pistol from the two suspects, both teenagers, who are now in custody. “Upon verification, the 9mm Glock belongs or was issued to a policewoman assigned in PRO 8,” Col. Allen Rae Co said in Camp Crame on Monday afternoon, June 22. Co serves as the PNP’s public information chief. Tacloban City school shooting: […]...Keep on reading: Guns in Tacloban school shooting lead to cop, Cebu City security agency
8 hours agoMANILA, Philippines — The firearms used in the shooting incident at a Tacloban City high school on Monday allegedly belonged to a policewoman who was one of the suspects’ aunt and a security agency, according to the Philippine National Police (PNP). Earlier, the Police Regional Office Eastern Visayas (PRO 8) said it recovered a caliber .38 revolver and a 9mm pistol from two suspects, who were minors. “Upon verification the 9mm Glock belongs or was issued to a policewoman assigned in PRO 8,” PNP public information chief Col. Allen Rae Co said in a press briefing in Camp Crame on […]...Keep on reading: Guns in Tacloban shooting belong to suspect’s cop aunt, security agency
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