Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur. INQUIRER FILES
PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur 鈥� City Mayor Samuel Co offered reward money聽from his pocket to individuals who could help identify the gunman and mastermind of聽a city hall employee killed聽in San Pedro聽district聽here on Saturday, June 8.
Caloy Andal,聽an employee at the City Tourism Office, was shot dead while traversing a bamboo footbridge just 20 meters from his house at 5:30 p.m. on June 8.聽The victim was shot several times聽with a short firearm and was severely hit on the head and other parts of his body,聽resulting in his immediate death.
Co, who described Andal as one of his most ardent political supporters, said he believed the killing was 鈥減olitically motivated,鈥� after he talked with the victim鈥檚 family.
He failed to specify the amount of the reward money, however.
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The mayor also said he had been聽following up on the updates of the investigation of the local police.
Lieutenant聽Colonel Gilzen Ni帽o Manese, chief of the Pagadian city police, said witnesses聽had聽identified a certain Sahibil, also known as聽Dante, a resident of the nearby Barangay White Beach,聽as the suspect.
According to witnesses, the suspect immediately fled off towards White Beach village after the killing.
Manese said they聽had been聽conducting a hot pursuit operation against the聽suspect.
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