### [2017-06-4](/feed/2017/06/4/index.md)

##### 2017 Resorts World Manila attack
# The Philippine police identifies the lone gunman as Jessie Javier Carlos, a local citizen, who was a debt-riddled former employee of the Department of Finance. 




### Sources:

1. [Philippine Daily Inquirer](http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/902507/resorts-world-manila-gunman-identified-as-jessie-javier-carlos)
2. [Rappler](http://www.rappler.com/nation/171914-police-identify-gunman-resorts-world-attack)

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