Manila vice mayor Isko Moreno’s bodyguard shot dead

MANILA, Philippines – The bodyguard of Manila Vice Mayor Isko Moreno was killed by a still unidentified gunman Thursday morning, police said.

Chief Superintendent Roberto Rongavilla, Manila Police District director, said that the 37-year-old security aide Jonathan Ignacio was shot dead inside his home along Prudencia Street in Tondo, Manila at around 5:20 a.m.

Rongavilla said that homicide investigators from the Manila Police Station 7 as well as Scene of the Crime Operatives were at the site.

Rongavilla said the suspect was wearing an orange t-shirt with a bull cap and was armed with an M-16.

“Investigation is still ongoing,” he said.