P200,000 reward for lawyer, cop killer

A P200,000 reward was offered by the mayor of this city for information that will lead to the arrest of suspects in the killing of a layer and a police officer on Thursday.

Mayor Christian Natividad said they have set aside a reward of P100,000 each for the killers of Lawyer Lysandro Sanchez and PO2 Ronnel Coquia.

Both victims were killed by a motorcycle riding gunman along the McArthur Highway in Barangay Tikay here on Thursday, around 10:45 AM.

“The killing must be stopped and justice must be served,” Natividad said in offering the reward money.

The recent killing was the third of its kind in just six months in this city, which involves persons who filed charges in court.

On January 25, Cristina Roxas was shot in the head while on board a passenger utility jeepney along the McArthur Highway, just outside the provincial capitol compound.

Last November, a similar incident occurred at the Malolos City proper, just meters away from the Malolos City hall.

Police said that all cases involves persons who minutes earlier left a local court house where cases they filed or filed against them is heard.

All three incidents were allegedly perpetrated by hired killers, and in broad day light.

The killing of Sanchez and Coquia occurred at around 10:45Am, while the killing of Roxas was done around 11AM, and the other was done around 2PM last November.

Last March, no less than Governor Wilhelmino Alvarado expressed alarm over the spate of killings in the province.

He said that while crime incidents in the province remain low compared to last year, he is bothered by the audacity of killers who killed with impunity in broad day light.

Alvarado also said that the killing is an insult to local enforcement as not one has been arrested.

The same was echoed by local businessmen here who said that killings in broad daylight could impact their operations