Murder raps filed vs cop for Pangasinan school shooting

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Philippines – The police have filed four counts of murder and three counts of frustrated murder against a policeman for killing three teachers and a loan collector and wounding three other teachers in a shooting rampage at the Pangasinan National High School (PNHS) here at around 4 p.m. on Monday. 

The complaints were filed against Police Officer 3 Domino Alipio, a resident of Calasiao town and assigned at Anda police station, Superintendent Reynante Panay, Lingayen police chief, told The STAR yesterday. 

Alipio shot dead Florenda Flores, teacher at Labrador National High School, a resident of Libsong West, Lingayen; Acidello Sison, teacher at the PNHS and a resident of Barangay Maniboc;  Jonalito Urayan of Barangay Gabon in Calasiao town, and Linda Sison, teacher of PNHS.

Authorities blamed the teachers’ unpaid loans for the shooting.

Flores was reportedly an agent of Alipio in extending loans to the teachers while Urayan was a collector. 

The wounded – Ferdinand Entimano, Jovito Jimenez and Juliet Molano, who are all teachers of PNHS – are still confined at the Pangasinan Provincial Hospital, Trauma Hospital in Dagupan City, and Lingayen Community Hospital, respectively.

Senior Superintendent Reynaldo Biay, officer-in-charge police director of Pangasinan, assured the victims’ families that justice will be served. 

He also told Alma Ruby Torio, schools division superintendent of Pangasinan, during a dialogue Tuesday afternoon that the police will provide security to the school and the division office following the incident. He said six policemen, or two for each shift, will be deployed at the PNHS. 

Torio said classes will resume today after a two-day suspension, as advised by Gov. Amado Espino, following the incident.