Owners of guns in campus shooting also face raps

The Eastern Visayas Police Regional Office (PRO 8) has taken into custody two junior high school students allegedly involved in the shooting incident at San Jose National High School in Tacloban City on June 22, 2026. —Photos from the Philippine News Agency and Facebook

MANILA, Philippines — How did the two suspects — both minors — in the deadly shooting at San Jose National High School in Tacloban City, which left three students dead and 20 others injured, end up with guns in their possession?

The suspects, identified only by their aliases Rod, 15, and Nash, 14, were tagged by police as the perpetrators of Monday’s attack inside the school campus in the San Jose district.

Authorities said Nash used a Glock 17 pistol reportedly owned by his aunt, a police officer assigned to the Police Regional Office 8 (PRO 8), while Rod was allegedly armed with a .38-caliber revolver that was traced to a security agency based in Cebu.

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