Mayor of Philadelphia offering $20K reward for information on the killing of a Filipino lawyer in the city over the weekend, senior Philippine diplomat says.
MANILA, Philippines — The mayor of Philadelphia expressed shock and sorrow over the killing of a Filipino lawyer who wasover the weekend and is offering a $20,000 reward for information that will lead to the arrest of the shooter, a senior Philippine diplomat said Wednesday.
“I am sorry. It’s terrible,” Philippine Consul General Elmer Cato quoted Mayor Jim Kenney as telling him in a meeting at Philadelphia City Hall in an apology for Laylo’s family and the Philippines. The mayor told him a $20,000 reward was being offered for any information that will lead to the arrest of the gunman, he said.
“I also conveyed the great importance the Philippine government places on this case and the hope that authorities would do everything they can to solve the case,” he said. In Cato’s meeting with Kenney, who was with two police officials involved in the investigation of the shooting, “we were told it is mostly likely a case of mistaken identity,” Cato said without elaborating. He added police were analyzing video footage that showed some vehicles, including a black Cadillac, near the car carrying Laylo and his mother shortly before or around the time of the attack.
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