The top police official in Eastern Visayas expressed concern over the chat exchange between the two teenage shooters at the San Jose National High School in Tacloban City.
According to Ivan Mayrina’s report on “24 Oras,” the two suspects discussed before the shooting how they would not be made accountable under the law because they were minors.
A day after his son's tragic death in the Tacloban school shooting, Christopher Fabian said their family has been left devastated, and wants justice more than help.
“Napakasakit pa rin, hanggang ngayon po blangko pa rin kami. Pero ayaw po namin po ng tulong, gusto po namin justice po. ‘Yun po ‘yung pinaka-gusto namin, justice,” Fabian said in an interview on “24 Oras” Tuesday
The Philippine National Police on Tuesday pieced together details that it formed into a timeline of the deadly shooting incident that occurred at the San Jose National High School in Tacloban City on Monday, June 22, 2026.
In Ivan Mayrina’s report on Tuesday’s 24 Oras, the PNP summarized the tragic event beginning with the weekly start of school.
Chris Lorenz Fabian's final act of closing a classroom door to protect his classmates from a teenage shooter reflected the kindness for which he was known, his father told GMA News on Tuesday night.
In an interview on "24 Oras," Christopher Fabian told GMA anchor Mel Tiangco that the 15-year-old wanted to have many friends and, when he was alive, even opened a tab at the school canteen for his needy classmates.
Authorities are investigating if the deadly shooting incident at a school in Tacloban City on Monday is related to the 1999 school shooting in Columbine in Colorado, United States that left 13 dead.
In Oscar Oida’s report on “24 Oras” on Tuesday, the links between the two incidents – which happened almost 30 years apart – is being probed after a 14-year-old suspect in the Tacloban City school shooting was seen wearing a black shirt with the letters “KMFDM.”
One took the viral cellphone video of the shooting at the San Jose National High School on Monday morning. Another closed the door of the classroom to keep one of their armed schoolmates from firing at those inside. The third was seen bloodied while being carried from inside the school in an attempt to save her.
According to Emil Sumangil's report on "24 Oras," they were the three high school students who didn't survive the shooting at the public school on Monday. They were Joyancee Separa, Chris Lorenz Fabian, and Ayessa Nicole Dazo.
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Tuesday said it has launched a motu proprio investigation into the deadly shooting incident at San Jose National High School in Tacloban City, Leyte.
In a statement, the CHR said the investigation will be conducted by its Regional Office VIII (Eastern Visayas).
Inilahad ni Department of Education Secretary Sonny Angara na maaaring “premeditated” o pinagplanuhan umano ang insidente ng pamamaril sa San Jose National High School sa Tacloban City noong Lunes. Ang mga estudyanteng sangkot, sinabi niyang posibleng itinuturing ang insidente bilang bahagi ng kanilang “misyon.”
“‘Yung bata na iyon tahimik lang, at nagpaalam siya na may activity daw sila sa Manila. Tapos hindi siya pumasok ng one week, tapos nangyari ito noong pagpasok niya ulit. So mukhang talagang... for now, although hindi definitive, parang pinagplanuhan talaga,” sabi ni Angara sa panayam sa kaniya ni Emil Sumangil ng GMA News.
Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sonny Angara said the deadly Tacloban school shooting incident was a planned “mission” between the two teen students who allegedly carried it out, according to initial investigation.
“Sabi nung adviser yung batang ‘yun tahimik lang. Tapos parang nagpaalam siya na may activity raw sila sa Maynila. Tapos hindi siya pumasok nang one week. Tapos nangyari ito,” Angara said in an interview Tuesday.
(According to his adviser, the student was normally quiet. Then, he apparently asked to be excused from classes, saying he had an activity in Manila. After that, he didn't attend classes for a week. Then this happened.)
Malacañang on Tuesday hit back at Vice President Sara Duterte for saying that the Tacloban shooting incident exposed the government’s supposed failure to recognize the importance of intelligence gathering and identifying threats.
At a press conference, Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said that the minors involved in the shooting at the San Jose National High School on Monday “are not terrorists.”
“Ibig sabihin, estudyante dapat mino-monitor para sa intelligence gathering? Hindi sila mga terorista, sila ay mga estudyanteng mukhang di-umanong gumon lang sa online gaming na marahas,” Castro said.
(Does she mean that the students should be monitored for intelligence gathering? They are not terrorists, they are students who appear to be allegedly addicted to violent online gaming.)
“May mga pagkakataon po na hindi maiiwasan ang mga ganitong sitwasyon, especially sa pangyayaring ito—mga estudyante, mga menor de edad, hindi terorista,” she added.
(There are times when such situations cannot be avoided, especially in this incident—students and minors were involved, not terrorists.)
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