Customs Suspends Father of Zamboanga School Shooter
The agency ordered a 24-hour inventory of all issued service firearms after the shooter’s guns were traced to a customs police officer.
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Young shooter used Customs-issued firearm in Ateneo de Zamboanga shooting
MANILA, Philippines — Customs (BOC) Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno on Tuesday relieved the district commander of the Enforcement and Security Services (ESS) in Zamboanga port, father of the Grade 9 student who went on a shooting spree inside the Ateneo de Zamboanga University campus where at least two people, including the shooter, died on Tuesday.
Gun issued to Customs official used in Ateneo de Zamboanga shooting
CEBU, Philippines – One of the guns used in the shooting at Ateneo de Zamboanga University (AdZU) on Tuesday morning, August 18, was issued by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to the shooter’s father, the district commander at the Port of Zamboanga, Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno told Rappler. “I had to relieve him immediately to have an impartial investigation,” Nepomuceno said. The gun attack, which killed two students, including the shooter, occurr…
Customs gun used in Ateneo de Zamboanga shooting; officer suspended
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) ordered an immediate crackdown on service firearm custody after a customs police officer’s weapon was allegedly used in a shooting at Ateneo de Zamboanga on Tuesday, Aug. 18.Customs Commissioner Ariel F. Nepomuceno placed the officer on preventive suspension and relieved them of duty pending a full investigation into how the student obtained the firearm. The bureau has directed its deputy commissioners and regional of…
BOC suspends port exec amid child's alleged involvement in Zamboanga school shooting
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Tuesday relieved its Enforcement and Security Services (ESS) District Commander in the Zamboanga Port, who is the father of the student allegedly involved in a shooting incident in a private school.
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