From Bill Lindelof:
The family of a slain correctional officer and the California Correctional Peace Officers Association have once again joined to increase the reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the slaying of Correctional Officer Steve Lo.
The family and the union is offering $90,000 for information leading to the capture, arrest and conviction.
Lo was shot to death Oct. 15 in front of his South Sacramento home as he prepared to leave for work. Lo, 39, is survived by a wife and five children.
"The Lo family hopes that the increased reward will encourage members of the public to come forward with information on this heinous murder so that this case can be resolved and hopefully bring some peace to our family," said Lo's widow Sia Vang in a press release.
A former Sacramento County Sheriff's Department deputy, Chu Vue, 43, has been named as a "principal" in the investigation into the Lo's slaying, according to an investigator's search warrant affidavit filed in Sacramento Superior Court.
Vue has not been charged in the Lo slaying. He has been charged with possession of an unregistered assault weapon and with converting the gun into something other than its manufacturer's design.
It was during the service of a search warrant that investigators found the unregistered .223-caliber assault weapon, court documents said.
Vue, who is free on $500,000 bail, has since been fired from the Sheriff's Department.
Anyone with information in the Lo case should call the Sacramento Police Department's tip line at (916) 443-HELP. Callers can remain anonymous
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