Teen slain in shooting

A 16-year-old boy was killed by motorcycle-riding assailants as he was on his way home from a friend’s birthday party in Quezon City on Wednesday night.

Kevin Reantaso, a Grade 10 student from Village Montessori College, was chased and shot in the back along General Avenue in Barangay Bahay Toro at around 7:45 p.m.

Reantaso joined a friend’s birthday party nearby but left at around 7:30 p.m. with two friends “because it was a school night and they had classes the next morning,” a witness told police.

Senior Inspector Elmer Monsalve, head of the homicide section of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD), said the victim was able to run about 15 meters while being chased by the gunman before he was shot dead.

Chief Superintendent Guillermo Eleazar, QCPD director, said it is possible that the motive could have been a failed robbery.

He said Reantaso was not involved in any illegal activities.

Superintendent Danilo Mendoza, Talipapa police commander, admitted that there have been a slew of robberies in the adjoining barangays of Bahay Toro and Tandang Sora.

Reantaso’s HTC cellphone was recovered at the crime scene, with the last text message telling his parents that he was going to buy “pasalubong,” a shawarma roll for his sibling.