A high school principal allegedly shot a teacher and her husband to death and committed suicide in Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental, at about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 12, the police reported.
Initial investigation showed that principal Warren L. Escobar, 56, shot the couple at the Bilbao-Uybico National High School in Barangay Pook before taking his own life, Maj. John Ganzon said.
Killed was senior high school teacher Alvarisa A. Arroy and her husband, Christoper, both aged 35, he added.
Hinobaan Mayor Ernesto Estrao said he received unconfirmed information that the principal was angry at the teacher because a complaint was lodged against him with the Office of the President.
He allegedly had received a notice to explain in five days, and blamed the teacher for lodging the complaint, the mayor added.
Estrao said he does not know what the alleged complaint was about.
Ganzon said they are still investigating the motive for the incident.*