Philippine government attorney fatally shot in Philadelphia | Photo from Leah Bustamante Laylo
PHILADELPHIA -- Philippine officials on Monday, June 20, 2022, were mourning a government attorney fatally shot in Philadelphia and called for the perpetrator to be brought to justice.
Philippine Consul General Elmer Cato met Laylo’s mother at the hospital and said she was slightly injured by glass fragments during the shooting. Cato said he assured Laylo’s mother the Philippine government will help in bringing his remains back home. “He was so young and still full of dreams,” de Lima said Monday, June 20, in Manila and expressed hope the suspect would immediately be held to account “for the brutal and senseless act.”
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