Photojournalist Rene Joshua Abiad’s four-year-old nephew died on a Saturday night, just a few days after the ambush last week.
According to the report, Abiad’s nephew was in critical condition after the incident and died later on.
The boy, along with Abiad, 37, who works for Remate online; Renato Abiad Jr., 41; Cheryl Abiad, 42; Elizabeth Abiad, 37; two minors; and bystander Jeffrey Ngo Cao, 47, were shot as they were about to enter their residence in Barangay Masambong, Quezon City, at around 3 p.m. on June 29.
While the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) has not confirmed the allegation, sources said the boy's remains will be sent to his family's home province.
Brig. Gen. Redrico Maranan, chief of the Philippine National Police's public relations office, said on Sunday that investigators are looking into probable suspects in the shooting.
He also stated that the special investigation task force is utilizing all QCPD resources to investigate the shooting.
Meanwhile, during Gutierrez's courtesy call on Friday, DSWD Undersecretary for Special Concerns Edu Punay assured President Task Force on Media Security executive director Paul Gutierrez of the department's continuous aid to journalists.
Gutierrez and Punay were both journalists before being assigned to government positions.
Punay claimed that the DSWD's media welfare section, which Punay supervises, had aided 1,025 members of the press and their families since the start of the Marcos administration—689 in 2022 and 389 so far this year.
