October 16, 2022
LAPU-LAPU City Mayor Junard Chan will give a P1 million reward to the person who pointed police to the killer of Mactan Barangay Councilor Zandro Augusto.
Chan, on Friday, October 14, 2022, said he still has to consult his lawyer on how the reward will be given.
He said the money was donated by friends to make it easier to catch the councilor’s killer.
Chan had announced the bounty on his Facebook page on September 20, 2020, a day after Augusto was shot dead outside his pawnshop at the public market in Barangay Poblacion.
On October 5, 2022, operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Central Visayas (CIDG 7) arrested Marcos Limpangog delos Santos Jr., alias Dodong, who was tagged as the gunman.
Delos Santos was identified by members of Special Investigation Task Group Zandro that was created to fast-track the investigation.
After the shooting, he reportedly hid in different parts of Cebu Province and even went to Mindanao for a time.
On October 5, a confidential agent spotted him along UN Avenue in Barangay Ibabao, Mandaue City.
A CIDG 7 tracker team arrested the accused that same afternoon. (BBT, PJB)