"The fatal shooting of Filipino lawyer John Albert Laylo could be a case of mistaken identity, according to police sources who say gunman appear to have fired at the wrong vehicle that was similar to what he was chasing," Philippine Consulate General in New York Elmer Cato said in a tweet on Tuesday.
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John Albert Laylo, a government attorney in the Philippines who was killed in Philadelphia while vacationing with his mother in the United States, police said. Laylo and his mother were riding in an Uber to the airport early Saturday morning when a gunman opened fire on the vehicle. Laylo was struck in the head, police said. No arrests have been made.
John Albert Laylo died Sunday at 10:33 p.m. Philippine time after being “badly hit” in the head, his mother, Leah Bustamante Laylo, said on her Facebook account.
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