LIVE UPDATES: Tacloban school shooting (June 26, 2026)

The shooting at a school in Tacloban City – which left three students dead – is considered as the first case of mass school shooting in Philippine history.

According to Ivan Mayrina’s report in “24 Oras” on Thursday, there were other cases of shootings at other schools in past years even before Monday’s shooting incident.

Data from GMA News Research showed that in 2025, a student was shot by her ex-boyfriend inside a school in Nueva Ecija.

In the same year, a student shot a teacher inside a school in Lanao del Sur after the student received a failing grade. The teacher died in the incident.

In 2023, a medtech student was beaten up and shot by a classmate at a parking lot of a university in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan.

Earlier in 2022, former Lamitan, Basilan Mayor Rose Furigao and two others were shot dead during a graduation ceremony at the Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City.

In 2019, a security guard shot a student at a high school in Calamba City, Laguna.

The recent incidents of shooting and stabbing in several schools in the country have raised concerns, with calls from Malacañang and the Philippine National Police (PNP) to lower the criminal liability age to 12.

Under the Republic Act No. 8344 or the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006, as amended by Republic Act. No. 10630, a child of 15 years of age and below, is exempt from criminal liability but must undergo an intervention program as provided by the law.

"A child above fifteen (15) years but below eighteen (18) years of age shall likewise be exempt from criminal liability and be subjected to an intervention program, unless he/she has acted with discernment, in which case, such child shall be subjected to the appropriate proceedings in accordance with this Act,” the amended law stated.

The ballistics and autopsy reports on the fatalities of the Tacloban City school shooting indicate that the victims sustained gunshot wounds inflicted from a distance.

According to Raffy Tima’s report in “24 Oras” on Thursday, the PNP Regional Forensics Unit 8 has completed its ballistics and autopsy examinations on the three students killed in Monday's shooting incident at the San Jose National High School.

Authorities stated that they are currently finalizing the official report for submission to case investigators.