A Filipino attorney, visiting relatives, was shot early Saturday morning, while in a rideshare vehicle in University City. He died of his injuries Sunday.
Philadelphia police are investigating a shooting that led to the death of a lawyer from the Philippines, officials say. According to authorities, the attorney was in Philadelphia visiting relatives.
Officials say the attorney, identified as 35-year-old John Laylo, got into a rideshare vehicle, along with his mother, at 38th and Spruce Saturday morning, a little after 4 a.m. Police say when the vehicle stopped at Spruce Street, a car pulled up behind them and fired shots into the back window. Laylo was struck in the back of the head.
He was rushed by responding officers to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and listed in critical condition.An investigation into the shooting is ongoing.
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