BACOLOD City – Police arrested a man after shooting a student in Barangay Talacdan, Cauayan, Negros Occidental.
The 19-year-old Raymart Ticson – a laborer and resident of Barangay Talacdan – shot Grade 6 student Jake Agravante using a .38-caliber revolver around 9:30 a.m. on Monday, police said.
The motive in the shooting was not immediately clear.
Agravante sustained a gunshot wound on the chest and was brought to the Lorenzo Zayco District Hospital in Kabankalan, Negros Occidental for medical treatment but was later transferred to the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital in Bacolod City.
Police confiscated a live bullet of a .357 Magnum revolver and six live bullets of a .38-caliber gun from Ticson’s possession.
The suspect was detained in the Cauayan police station’s custodial facility, facing charges./PN
