SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/ 08 Feb) — Friends and relatives of a retired judge here who was gunned down on February 2 have offered a reward for the arrest of the suspects.
Garchil Canoy, son of retired Judge Victor A. Canoy of the Regional Trial Court told MindaNews Wednesday that some relatives and friends have offered a reward of 100,000 pesos for the arrest of the killers and another amount for the mastermind.
Prior to his assassination, the victim had received death threats.
He said the retired judge kept a video of suspicious individuals lurking around his house way back in 2013.
The 70-year old Canoy, whose last designation before his retirement last year was as Judge of RTC Branch 29.
He tried several cases, including illegal drugs.
Canoy was reportedly buying food at an eatery along Borja Street at around 11:25 a.m. on February 2 when a lone gunman walked behind him and shot him at close range.
The victim crawled toward the gunman after the first shot hit him and held the feet of the assailant. But the latter shot him in the head several times.
