DFA MONITORING SCHOOL 

SHOOTING IN INDIANA

 

26 May 2018 - The Department of Foreign Affairs is monitoring a shooting incident at a school in Indianapolis to check if any members of the Filipino Community were among the two persons reported wounded in the incident. 

 

The DFA said the Philippine Consulate General in Chicago, which has jurisdiction over Indiana, is trying to get in touch with authorities and leaders of the Filipino Community following the incident at the Noblesville West Middle School in Hamilton County north of Indianapolis.

 

The Consulate General said a lone suspect was taken into custody following the shooting on Friday morning. 

 

There are approximately 17,000 members of the Filipino Community in Indiana. END