P500k bounty for suspect of shooting former Quezon mayor

by Raadee Sausa November 30, 2020 Mayor Shierre Ann Portes–Palicpic  (Screengrab f...

by Raadee Sausa
November 30, 2020

Mayor Shierre Ann Portes–Palicpic  (Screengrab from P500k bounty video)

PAGBILAO, Quezon - The family of former Pagbilao, Quezon Mayor Romeo Portes has offered a P500,000 reward for anyone who could give information on the people behind his shooting.

Incumbent Mayor Shierre Ann Portes–Palicpic on her statement said, "With the help of friends and relatives, we were able to raise P500,000 as reward money to anyone who could provide information that would lead to the arrest of the mastermind of the attack."



The tipster can provide the information through mobile phone number 09203546596, she said.

On November 24, Portes was shot by assailants riding a red motorcycle while he was sitting outside his house in Barangay Bukal.



A closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage showed the arrival of the suspects on board motorcycles. One of them got off and approached the victim before shooting him.

Moreover, a special task force has been formed by the Quezon Police Provincial Office to solve the attempted killing of the former mayor.



Police Colonel Audie Madrideo, Quezon provincial police director, activated the Special Investigation Task Group (SITG)-Portes as he strongly condemned the attack on Portes, 73.

“The Quezon PPO will strive through its available resources to identify the suspects and put them behind bars,” Madrideo said in a statement released by the QPPO public information office on Thursday.

Portes, who is the father of incumbent mayor, was shot in front of a family-owned building in Barangay Bukal.

After disembarking from a motorcycle being driven by his cohort, the gunman wearing a face mask, casually walked toward Portes, pulled a handgun from his pocket and shot the victim on his face at close range.

The incident was recorded by a CCTV camera. Footage showed that the gunman and the driver of the motorcycle were circling the building prior to the attack.

On Thursday morning, the motorcycle was found abandoned in Barangay Ikirin, also in Pagbilao, some three kilometers away from the crime scene.

The incumbent mayor has not issued any public statement about her father’s shooting, which also happened on the eve of the town’s fiesta celebration.

Portes was last listed in stable condition.