MANILA, Philippines — A man was wounded in a shooting in Quezon City on Friday.
Donald Lontoc, 27, was walking along Sarmiento street in Barangay Sta. Monica on his way home when an unidentified man shot him at around 10:30 p.m., according to a report from the Quezon City Police District Station 4.
Lontoc and witnesses said the assailant pulled out a handgun and repeatedly shot him in the body. The gunman then fled from the scene on foot.
Bystanders brought the victim to an undisclosed hospital, where he is recuperating from his injuries.
Probers retrieved three bullet casings and a deformed slug from a firearm of unknown caliber at the scene.