DU30’S EJK | Radio commentator Percy Lapid shot dead in ambush
Percy Lapid was the host of “Lapid Fire” over AM radio station DWBL. (Photo from a video on the Facebook page of Percy Lapid Fire)
MANILA, Philippines — Percival Mabasa, better known as Percy Lapid, a DWBL radio commentator, was shot dead Monday night at the gate of BF Resort Village in Talon Dos, Las Piñas.
Radio station DZRH posted the report on its Facebook website, citing a police report.
Lapid, who hosted the show “Lapid Fire,” was reportedly ambushed by assailants on a motorcycle at the Santa Cecilia gate of the subdivision, DZRH reporter Noche Cacas said in a video he posted on Facebook.
Lapid was on his black Toyota Innova when attacked. He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, Cacas said.