San Roque barangay councilor survives ambush in Imus Road

MOTORBIKE-RIDING gunmen last night shot and wounded a  barangay councilor of San Roque, Cebu City.

Bobby Morados, who was driving a Pajero with his wife Emma, was rushed to the hospital with a gunshot wound in the left arm.

The assailants, who wore full-faced helmets, were following Morado’s convoy on board a black motorcycle.

Morados was being escorted by barangay tanods, a security detail he requested after his son was shot dead four years ago  in a drive-by shooting in Manalili Street, downtown Cebu City.

Upon reaching the junction of M.J. Cuenco and New Imus Road, the assailnts’ motorbike overtook the Pajero and fired shots at the driver’s side of the vehicle before fleeing south.

Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama, who happened to pass by the area after attending a press conference, had one of his security guards rush Moredos to the hospital.

The mayor told Cebu City Police Chief Melvin Ramon Buenafe to investigate the case and use newly donated police motorcycles to respond to crimes.

“It’s a challenge to the police,” Rama told Cebu Daily News.