Boy in SM Pampanga mall shooting ‘brain dead’; kin to donate organs–report

MANILA, Philippines–The boy who attempted to commit suicide after shooting a friend inside a popular shopping mall Tuesday in Pampanga is now in a coma and has been declared brain dead, a radio report said Wednesday.

The family of the 13-year-old, whose identity has been withheld because he is a minor, is now waiting for the results of tests that will determine which organs they can donate before authorizing his doctors to unplug the life support system that has kept the boy alive.

A radio report said that SM Pampanga did its job of ensuring safety inside the mall but its metal detector failed to uncover the pistol used by the boy in the shooting.

Meanwhile, the 17-year-old victim remains in the ICU and is also in a coma, the radio report said.

The circumstances that led to the shooting has remained unclear. Jamie Elona, INQUIRER.net