Police identified the suspect as Devie Moralde, 41, married, a resident of Fatima Subdivision in the said barangay. The suspect’s identification card shows him as a member of the MNLF with the rank of lieutenant colonel. Following the shooting, Moralde went to Dologon, Maramag town in Bukidnon and hid in an MNLF camp reportedly under Arroyo’s command. In a radio interview, Arroyo said the MNLF would not tolerate such an act done by its members and that Moralde would have to face whatever charges would be filed against him. According to him,part of the group’s protocol is for the local MNLF command to send a team to conduct an independent probe into a crime involving one of its members.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 17, 2019 14:03 UTC