Chinese tourist dead from a shooting incident in Manila, Philippines

A Chinese tourist was shot and killed and another was injured in a shootout that happened on May 2, 2014 Friday night in Pasay City, Metro Manila. The incident was confirmed by Philippine police.

Manila Police District (MPD) who are thefirst responder on the incident, said that a Chinese National Chen Li-jun was pronounced dead on arrival at Manila Doctors' Hospital while Zhi Ji Zhao, who has a gunshot wound on the left knee, was still being treated in the same hospital.

The police said the two Chinese tourists were on a black vehicle being driven by one of their two Taiwanese companions on their way to a hotel along Roxas Boulevard in Pasay City when the suspects riding a motorcycle fired at them at around 11:30 p.m. Philippine time along Layug Street, Pasay City.

Police are trying to determine the motive of the shooting and have launched manhunt operation against the suspects.