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Jason Ivler has finally been arrested by the NBI...they found him in his own house.

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=541800

MANILA, Philippines -- Jason Ivler, the principal suspect in the killing of a son of a Palace official, was seriously wounded after a shootout with National Bureau of Investigation agents inside his home in a posh subdivision in Quezon City this morning, a radio report said.

Ivler and an NBI agent, identified as Ana Labao, were brought to the Quirino Memorial Medical Center for treatment. Another NBI agent was also reportedly wounded in the firefight.

In a radio interview, an attending physician said that both Ivler and Labao were conscious when brought to the hospital.

Ivler sustained two bullet wounds on the left side of his body, while a bullet grazed the chest of Labao, the doctor said.

Initial report disclosed that NBI agents raided anew the Blue Ridge residence of the Ivlers in Quezon City early this morning after receiving information that the suspect was there.

However, when NBI operatives, along with Quezon City policemen, were about to serve the arrest warrant when Ivler allegedly started firing. The operatives also arrested Ivler's mother, Marlene Aguilar, and several other household helpers who were inside the house during the incident, the report said.

Ivler reportedly shot and killed Renato Ebarle Jr., son of Renato Ebarle Sr. who is working at the Office of the Presidential Chief of Staff in Malacañang, in a traffic altercation in Quezon City late last year.

NBI deputy director Ruel Lasala said they have raided the Ivler home twice but failed to arrest the suspect.

After all the speculation that Ivler had left the country and whatnot, he was literally right under the NBI's nose

In a follow-up report, the doctor treating the NBI agent who was shot notes that the wound was inflicted by an armor-piercing slug. The NBI reports that Ivler was packing a CAR-15.