Video: Dramatic moment Philippine city mayor is gunned down during flag-raising event

A Philippine city mayor known for parading drug suspects in public but also alleged to have drug ties himself was shot and killed by a sniper today in a brazen attack during a flag-raising ceremony in front of hundreds of horrified employees and village leaders.

The apparent lone gunshot felled Mayor Antonio Halili of Tanauan city in Batangas province south of Manila as he and about 300 employees and newly elected village leaders sang the national anthem in a parking lot outside the city hall. The gunman escaped, police and witnesses said.