Popular radio broadcaster gunned down while on air in the Philippines, confirms police

Juan Jumalon, also known as “DJ Johnny Walker” of Gold FM 94.7, was doing his live broadcast on Sunday when an unidentified suspect went to his booth and shot him dead at 5:35 a.m. - Screen grab from Gold FM 94.7 via Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN

MANILA (AFP): A well-known radio broadcaster was fatally shot inside his studio in the Philippines on Sunday, police said, the latest in a long list of journalists killed in the country.

Juan Jumalon, 57, was in his home-based radio station on the southern island of Mindanao when a gunman shot him in the head, said Captain Deore Ragonio, police chief in Calamba municipality in Misamis Occidental province.