(Eagle News) — A former town mayor was shot dead while under hospital arrest in Medellin, Cebu, the police said.
Police said several armed men barged inside the Bogo-Medellin Corporation Medical Center in Barangay Luy-a at 11:50 p.m. and shot Ricardo “Ricky” Ramirez, 55, dead.
Ramirez, who was arrested in 2017 for illegal possession of firearms, was a detainee at the Medellin District Jail.
A probe is still ongoing.