A pedicab driver, 44, was injured after he was shot in front of a church in Agdao, Davao City.

According to a report by GMA Super Radyo Davao, the Davao City Police Office (DCPO), the victim was shot by an assailant riding a motorcycle in front of the San Antonio de Padua Church on Holy Cross Driver in Barangay Governor Duterte.

Based on investigation, a passenger in the pedicab heard a gunshot and saw the driver bleeding.

The victim was rushed to a hospital where he remains under observation, as of this writing.

Authorities recovered from the crime scene an empty shell believed to have been fired from a caliber .45 pistol.

The empty shell was sent for ballistic examination and cross-matching.

Operatives of the Sta. Ana Police Station have launched a follow-up operation to identify and arrest the perpetrator.