{"id":6106,"date":"2020-02-01T03:56:33","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T16:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/?p=6106"},"modified":"2020-02-01T03:56:33","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T16:56:33","slug":"australian-man-and-filipino-woman-shot-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/?p=6106","title":{"rendered":"Australian man and Filipino woman shot dead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong><em>As seen on the November 2019 issue of The Philippine Sentinel<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Olongapo City, Philippines \u2501 An Australian man was arrested in Olongapo, Zambales over the fatal shooting of another Australian and his Filipino wife while their baby watched horrified inside their car.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1582\" height=\"1393\" src=\"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1119_ArtImg_OlongapoMurder00.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6107\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>Michael Justin McLaren<\/strong>, 52, is accused of the fatal shooting of <strong>Anthony George Wilson<\/strong>, 61, and <strong>Mila Bailey<\/strong>, 41, in Olongapo. Depending on the traffic situation, the city is around two-and-a-half hours\u2019 drive from Metro Manila.<br><br>It was reported by local media that McLaren allegedly shot the two as they travelled inside their car at about ten o\u2019clock in the morning.<br><br>The motive behind the killing has yet to be established. Ms Bailey&#8217;s husband <strong>Wayne Bailey<\/strong> was driving and was shot several times using a firearm that turned out to be a .45 calibre pistol.<br><br>The couple&#8217;s two-year-old daughter was in the backseat of the car during the attack. She was horrified and crying but was thankfully unharmed.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1119_ArtImg_OlongapoMurder01.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6108\" width=\"573\" height=\"488\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><br>After examining the CCTV, McLaren was arrested by local police. The Department of Foreign Affairs is providing consular assistance to the family of the Australian, the victim of a serious incident that took place in the Philippines,\u201d a DFAT spokesman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1147\" height=\"758\" src=\"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1119_ArtImg_OlongapoMurder02.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6109\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><br>\u201cThe Department is ready to provide assistance, in accordance with the<br>Consular Services Charter to others who were involved in the incident.\u201d No<br>further information was provided by the consular office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:12px\"><strong><em>(SOURCE: www.dailymail.com.au)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1119_ArtImg_OlongapoMurder03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6110\" width=\"573\" height=\"731\"\/><figcaption>Filipino woman Mila Bailey (right) died and her Australian husband<br> (left) was seriously injured after the pair were shot at inside their car<br> as their daughter, two, watched on in horror. The husband, Wayne<br> Bailey was reported fighting for his life in hospital.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">As of press time, the motive behind the shooting is still under investigation.<br> Earlier reports indicate that it was a business deal gone wrong. \u03a9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As seen on the November 2019 issue of The Philippine Sentinel Olongapo City, Philippines \u2501 An Australian man was arrested in Olongapo, Zambales over the fatal shooting of another Australian and his Filipino wife while their baby watched horrified inside their car. Michael Justin McLaren, 52, is accused of the fatal shooting of Anthony George [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":6111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[96,93],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6106"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6106"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6112,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6106\/revisions\/6112"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}