MANILA -- Three people were shot dead Tuesday morning by a group of gunmen in Taguig, a city of Philippine capital region of Metro Manila, local media reported Tuesday.

According to a report released by the website of Philippine Daily Inquirer on Tuesday afternoon, the incident happened in Mt. Apo Street, Palar Village, Taguig at around 8:45 a.m. The police were quoted by the report as saying that the three victims were ganged up by eight men, then shots rang out and the three were hit.

The three victims, who are still unidentified, were immediately sent to the near hospital for treatment, but they were later declared dead by the hospital, the report said.

As of present, two of the suspects linked to the shooting are in the custody of police, but the men who shot at the victims are still at large, it added.