MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato — Authorities here launched a manhunt against two gunmen who shot dead a commander of the Moro National Liberation Front in Barangay Bual Sur Sunday night.

According to Midsayap Police chief Lt. Col. Rolly Oranza, the victim was identified the victim as Datu Jordan Tayuan of Barangay Bual Sur, Midsayap.

"He was watching TV when the gunmen barged inside his house at 6 p.m. and opened fire," Oranza said in a radio interview.

Tayuan died on the spot due to gunshot wounds to the head and body.

Police found empty shells for a .45-caliber pistol at the crime scene.

Based on the eyewitness accounts of the victim's relatives, Oranza said the perpetrators fled on board a black minivan toward the borders of Maguindanao and North Cotabato.

Police theorized the attack's motive could be a personal grudge or rido (family feud) involving Tayuan and another family.