Tacloban shooting: Suspect's grandpa worked at agency linked to gun

MANILA, Philippines — One of the suspects in the Tacloban City school shooting has a grandfather who is a former security guard of an agency where one of the guns used in the attack was registered to, the Police Regional Office Eastern Visayas (PRO-8) said.

The Philippine National Police (PNP) previously said it traced the .9mm pistol used by a 14-year-old suspect in the shooting to his aunt’s who is a PRO-8 personnel; and a .38 caliber revolver used by a 15-year-old suspect to a Cebu-based security agency.

“The 15-year-old suspect’s grandfather is a former security guard at that agency,” PRO-8 Director Brig. Gen. Jason Capoy told reporters in a phone interview with reporters on Tuesday.

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“Based on records, the suspect only fired the revolver once. We recovered the gun with five intact rounds of ammunition inside. He only fired one shot,” he added.

The two suspects opened fire inside the San Jose National High School premises on Monday morning, killing at least three students and wounding several others.

At least 40 empty shells were recovered from the crime scene, all from the .9mm pistol used by the 14-year-old suspect, according to Capoy.

“So far, we’re waiting on the results of the Soco to trace from which gun caliber were the bullets that hit the victims. For now, we presume they allegedly came from the 9mm,” the PRO 8 director said. /gsg

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