A WITNESS in the killing of a senior high school student in Caloocan City in August insisted that there was no shootout between the victim and police.

At the resumption of the inquiry by the Senate public order and dangerous drugs committee on the death of Kian de los Santos on Tuesday, the witness, identified only as “MC”, pointed to Police Officer 3 (PO3) Arnel Oares and PO1 Jeremias Pereda as having dragged the teen to a dimly lit area near her house.

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