A SENIOR high school principal shot dead a teacher and her husband on Tuesday in Negros Occidental, police said.

Police Lieutenant Colonel Arnel Solis in Region 6 identified the principal Warren L. Escosar, 56.

Escosar was the principal of Bilbao Uybico National High School in Barangay Pook, Hinoba-an town.

Based on initial police report, Escosar killed senior high school teacher Alvarisa A. Arroy and her husband before taking his own life.

Authorities said they received a report that a shooting incident transpired at the school. They then immediately responded to the report and found three dead bodies.

The police is investigating the incident.