A authorities lawyer for the Philippines was fatally shot in an Uber whereas visiting Philadelphia, officers stated Sunday.
John Albert Laylo was heading to Philadelphia Worldwide Airport together with his mom to board a flight and was stopped within the Uber at a purple gentle close to the College of Pennsylvania round 4:10 a.m. Saturday, officers stated.
A number of rounds have been fired into the Uber from a black automobile behind it, police stated. The black automobile then pulled up alongside the Uber and fired a number of extra rounds into it, police stated in a information launch.
Laylo was shot at the back of the top and brought to a hospital, the place he was pronounced lifeless Sunday, police stated.
Nobody was arrested, and no weapon has been discovered, police stated. Authorities didn’t supply a suspected motive or say whether or not Laylo, his mom or the Uber driver have been deliberately focused. Murder detectives are investigating and are searching for surveillance video.
The consulate common of the Philippines stated the sufferer was an lawyer for its authorities, Philadelphia’s KYW-TV reported.
It wasn’t clear whether or not the Uber driver or Laylo’s mom have been injured, however the latter posted to Facebook on Sunday, indicating she had been hit by shrapnel and saying she had been on trip together with her son, whom she known as Jal and stated was 35 years previous.
“By no means did I think about or dream that … the tip of our trip shall be like this!” Leah Bustamante Laylo wrote in a submit accompanied by snapshots of her and her son touring websites in New York, Washington and Philadelphia. “We travelled collectively and we’re alleged to go residence collectively! I’ll convey him residence quickly in a field!”
Philadelphia, together with different giant U.S. cities, is experiencing a surge in gun violence. In a single notable episode June 4, a gun melee within the South Road leisure district, about 3 miles from the capturing that killed Laylo, left three individuals lifeless and several other others injured.
