MANILA, Philippines – The Senate committee on public order and dangerous drugs conducted a hearing on August 24 and September 5 on the death of Kian delos Santos, the 17-year-old whom Caloocan police are accused of executing in an anti-drug raid.

Senate Resolution 471 has been filed, expressing the sense to condemn the killing of the Grade 11 student.

The resolution looked into the accountability of the Philippine National Police in the conduct of the campaign against illegal drugs that may have resulted in unnecessary and unjustified deaths.

On October 2, the Senate committee on public order and dangerous drugs widens their probe, where they included the investigation of the death of two other teenage boys, Carl Arnaiz and Reynaldo 'Kulot' de Guzman, who where also both killed during police operations.

Watch the previous hearings on Kian delos Santos:

August 24, 2017

September 5, 2017

– Rappler.com</s>A Senate committee in the Philippines is addressing the police killing of a 17-year-old student – a case that has drawn widespread condemnation at home and internationally.

Senate President Koko Pimentel and Senator Panfilo Lacson, chairman of the Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs, led Thursday’s investigation into the accountability of the Philippine National Police.

Police fatally shot Kian Loyd Delos Santos on August 17 in the capital Manila amid allegations that he was framed by three officers.

Witnesses said police forced the teenager to hold a gun, fire and run.

Delos Santos was one of scores killed over a number of days as police went on a shooting spree, heeding calls by President Rodrigo Duterte to crackdown on suspects and win a nationwide “war on drugs”.

CCTV footage from the Manila suburb of Caloocan showed Delos Santos being carried by two men to a place where his body was later found, raising doubt over an official report that claimed he was shot because he fired at police officers first.

According to the police report, Delos Santos ran when he saw officers approaching him. He then pulled out a gun and opened fire at the policemen, who shot back.

But witnesses told local media that the teenager was unarmed.

Duterte now faces intense scrutiny over the crackdown, which until now had been largely popular in the Philippines.

Even Duterte has said he could not justify the high-profile killing of a high school student. If invetsigations showed police did not follow instructions, they would face justice, he warned.

Thousands have rallied in Manila since the death of Delos Santos, calling for an end to the war on drugs.

Earlier last week, 67 people were shot and nearly 250 arrested in Manila and provinces adjoining the Philippine capital, in what police described as a “one-time, big-time” push to curb drugs and street crime.

Duterte had hailed as “beautiful” the August 15 killings of 32 drug suspects in a 24-hour crackdown, the highest death toll in a single day in his administration’s anti-drug war.

According to police statistics, more than 3,000 suspects have been killed in anti-drug operations since Duterte became president on June 30, 2016.</s>A 17-year-old male was shot in the thigh during the shooting at 3167 Fulton Road.

There is no word on his condition or if he was a student at Bridgescape.

No further information is available at this time.

Remain with WKYC for updates as they become available.
The Philippine senate investigates the shooting of a 17-year old male student seemingly connected to the ongoing drug war.