4 in La Union killings nabbed

CAMP GEN. ALEJO SANTOS, Bulacan—The four suspects in the shooting and killing of five people, including a three-year-old girl, in La Union on Tuesday were arrested by police in separate operations in Agoo, La Union on Wednesday, and San Jose del Monte City in Bulacan on Thursday.

Senior Supt. Ferdinand Divina, Bulacan provincial police director, said Eduardo Gayo, 65, and his two sons, Demetrio and Noel, were arrested in a house in Barangay (village) Dulong Bayan in San Jose del Monte at 4:40 a.m. on Thursday.

A police report in La Union said the fourth suspect, Ferdinand Gayo, another son of Eduardo, was arrested in a forested area in Barangay Capas in Agoo on Wednesday.

The Gayos are being hunted by police for the shooting and killing of five people in Agoo. Police said the shooting was prompted by a land dispute.

Divina said policemen from La Union and Bulacan, assisted by village officials, served a warrant issued by a La Union court to the Gayos, who did not resist arrest. Carmela Reyes-Estrope, Inquirer Central Luzon, and Cristina Arzadon and Yolanda Sotelo, Inquirer Northern Luzon