SLAIN CHIEF. Unidentified gunmen shoot dead Florencio Cagas, the incumbent chairperson of Barangay Sto. Niño, Butuan City, on Friday (June 24, 2022). He was declared dead on arrival at the hospital due to multiple gunshot wounds. (Photo courtesy of Liga ng mga Barangay of Butuan Facebook)
BUTUAN CITY – Three days after the slaying of a Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) chair here, another village official was killed by still unidentified assailants on Friday night.
Police said Florencio Cagas, the incumbent chief of Barangay Sto. Niño, was gunned down at around 7:10 p.m. in Purok 7 of the said village.
The victim succumbed to multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead on arrival at a private hospital here.
In a statement Saturday, the Liga ng mga Barangay (League of Villages) Butuan described the victim as good-natured.
“Hopefully, justice will be served soon,” the group said, while calling on authorities to fast-track the investigation.
The city government offered a reward money of PHP500,000 each for the capture of the gunmen.
On Tuesday night, SK chair Nelbert Mancao Gacosta was also felled by bullets. (PNA)
