15-year-old boy, suspected ‘gun-for-hire’, nabbed in Dalaguete, Cebu
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CEBU CITY, Philippines — The suspect behind a recent shooting incident here has been arrested, and it turned out to be a young boy.
Police from Mambaling Police Station in Cebu City on Monday, February 3, arrested in Dalaguete town in southern Cebu a 15-year-old boy, who was accused as being one of the gunmen in the almost fatal shooting of a 40-year-old woman in Sitio Riverside, Brgy. Duljo Fatima, Cebu City.
The minor-suspect was as an out-of-school youth, and a resident of the same area.
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Police were also alarmed to learn that the suspect was allegedly linked to a gun-for-hire group.
He was arrested in Barangay Mantalungon, Dalaguete, around 7 p.m., and a .45 caliber pistol with live ammunition was confiscated from him.
Investigators from the Mambaling Police Station in Cebu City tracked the minor-suspect to Dalaguete, but further inquiries into the case are ongoing.
Dalaguete is a first-class municipality located approximately 90 kilometers south of Cebu City.
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