Victim’s kin given security escorts

THE family of slain businessman Antonio “Tony” Ouano have not yet approached the Mandaue City police but have been provided with security escorts amid their grief.

This developed as police yesterday released a facial  composite of the gunman who killed  “Tony” last Friday.

The sketch matches  four guns-for-hire whom policemen  are monitoring, said Supt. James Goforth, head of Task Force Ouano.

The perpetrator was estimated to be  between 25 to 30 years old with fair skin, flat-top hair  and  a height of five feet and two inches.

He may have altered his appearance by sporting a mustache and new hairstyle, Goforth said.

The man was  spotted by a witness next to the Hall of Justice in barangay Guizo, Mandaue City, before Ouano was killed. The witness said he seemed to be waiting for someone, Goforth said.

“Their presence was suspicious for they stayed there for quite sometime,” Goforth said.

The alleged perpetrator and driver stood near a red-and-black motorcycle but the witness failed to remember its plate number.

Goforth said they are looking into the business angle as a motive in the shooting to death of Ouano last Friday.

He said they are looking at cases in court involving the victim.

A parishioner of the Archdiocesan Shrine of St. Joseph in Mandaue City who refused to be named said the Ouano family was active in church and donated carillon  bells.

They also donated money for the church’s rehabilitation.

“They are generous parishioners in Mandaue especially during the celebration of Senior Sto. Niño,” he added.

A woman said the Ouano family helped people by providing cheap transport  when there were still no bridges connecting Mandaue to   Lapu-Lapu City. /Reporter Jucell Marie P. Cuyos