Caught on camera: Ecuadoran presidential candidate shot outside campaign event

Ecuadoran presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was shot dead after holding a rally in Quito on Wednesday evening. A member of his campaign team told local media Villavicencio was getting into a car when a man stepped forward and shot him in the head, the BBC reported.

Interior minister Juan Zapata said the 59-year-old centrist was shot dead after the rally. Villavicencio was one of eight candidates in the first round of the presidential election scheduled for August 20.