COTABATO CITY — A well-known radio commentator in Misamis Occidental was gunned down while broadcasting on Facebook Live from his studio booth at radio station 94.7 Gold FM in Calamba town Sunday morning.
Brig. Gen. Ricardo G. Layug, Jr., director of the Police Regional Office 10, identified the broadcaster as Juan T. Jumalon, who goes by the broadcast name “Johnny Walker” and had quite the following in Oroquieta City.
President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. condemned the killing in his X post, stating: “Attacks on journalists will not be tolerated in our democracy, and those who threaten the freedom of the press will face the full consequences of their actions.”
A livestream video clip that circulated on social media showed the actual shooting and how the unidentified gunman snatched Mr. Jumalon’s gold necklace and ran away.
Members of his family and barangay emergency responders took Jumalon to the Calamba District Hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival by attending physician Geopeter L. Manisan.
The victim, who died of two bullet wounds in the head, reportedly owned the radio station located at his residential yard in Barangay Don Bernardo A. Neri in Calamba town.
Mr. Marcos said he had instructed the Philippine National Police to “conduct a thorough investigation to swiftly bring the perpetrators to justice.” — John Felix D. Unson and Kyle Aristophere T. Atienza
