A man was arrested for allegedly robbing and shooting to death a student in Barangay Basak San Nicolas, Cebu City. 

Bryan Fernandez, 24 years old, single, a resident of Sitio Tabay Alumnus, Barangay Basak San Nicolas, was identified to be the person who robbed John Lloyd de los Reyes Bejec, 18 years old, from Dalaguete town, southern Cebu.

Bejec was on his way home to his boarding house from school when he was held up at past 10 p.m. on September 27, 2024 in Sitio Alumnus Asupwa, Barangay Basak San Nicolas.

The robber took Bejec’s cellphone and money worth P3,600. However, the suspect shot the victim in the head before he fled. 

Bejec, a student of Marine Transportation in a university in the vicinity of the said area, sustained a gunshot wound in the head. He was rushed to the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center, but expired there.

Fernandez was arrested in a follow-up operation by personnel of Mambaling Police Station 11 of the Cebu City Police Office. 

It was learned from the authorities that Fernandez is an ex-convict.