The Police authorities in Calabarzon (Region 4A) have created a composite body to probe the murder of Los Baños, Laguna Mayor Cesar Perez who was shot dead at the municipal hall on Thursday night.
In a report to Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Debold Sinas, Calabarzon police director Brig. Gen. Felipe Natividad said a task group has been organized to coordinate all investigative efforts by the Regional Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, Crime Laboratory, Regional Intelligence Division, and Laguna Police Provincial Office for the immediate solution of the case.
Sinas told Natividad to “exhaust all means to get to the bottom of the case and serve justice to the slain local executive.”
Perez, reports said, was walking to the receiving area of the municipal hall when a lone gunman shot him. He died at a hospital in the province.
Natividad said probers are reviewing all surveillance video footages recorded by security cameras installed around the Los Baños municipal complex and surrounding establishments.
He said investigators are also establishing the movements of Mayor Perez before and during the shooting to possibly gather more evidence that will assist in the investigation.