At least three persons were wounded in a noontime shooting incident which happened in one of the function rooms of the Lighthouse Restaurant along General Maxilom Avenue in Cebu City.
Nine persons were having lunch at 1:32 p.m. when gunshots were heard from inside the function room.
The victims were brought to the hospital while police spoke to witnesses to identify the gunman.
The crowd of onlookers and the presence of ambulances and police cars caused heavy congestion along the uptown road.
Update
The three persons wounded in the Lighthouse Restaurant shooting incident include Chinese Consul General Song Ronghua who is now undergoing treatment in a Cebu City hospital.
Other victims include Hui Li and Sun Shan.
Councilor Dave Tumulak, head of Cebu City’s Command Center, said the suspects who was identified as a certain Li Qing Ling and his wife Gou Jing are now in police custody.
The suspects were arrested at their office near Ayala Center Cebu where officials also recovered the .45 caliber firearm used in the shooting.
Tumulak said he received a call from the Chinese Consulate Office shortly after the shooting incident broke at about 1:30 p.m. to verify reports on Ronghua’s wounding.
Some members of the Chinese community in Cebu have also been calling other city officials to verify reports on the shooting, he added.