Senior police officer shot dead by gunmen in Kayole
A senior Administration Police officer has been shot dead in Nairobi. The Superintendent of police was shot dead in Kayole early Wednesday morning, near his residence in Karangita in Mihango.
Nairobi County Police Commander, Japhet Koome, said the officer who cannot be named because his family had not been informed, was heading home after work.
“He was accosted by an unknown number of gunmen who shot him in the left side of his chest, killing him on the spot,” Mr Kioome said.
He said the gunmen had been using a hired vehicle which they left at the scene after killing the officer at around 3:40am.
“We got the information from the residents of the area who said they had heard gunshots from a location they could not immediately point out.
NO FIREARM FOUND
“When officers went to the scene, they found the two cars, with the officer’s body inside his car,” Mr Koome said, adding that the suspects may have escaped by foot.
It is not yet clear whether the officer was armed at the time of the shooting, but Mr Koome said no firearm was found on his body or inside his car. The motive of the attack he said, was also not clear.
Crime scene investigation officers visited the site and dusted the two vehicles. They also collected three spent cartridges which will be subjected to ballistic examinations.
The windscreen of the slain officer’s vehicle was smashed while the hired one – a white saloon of registration number KBA 309 E was abandoned in front of the officer’s.
The officer was attached to the Administration Police Headquarters and was a medical doctor charged with treating other officers.
His colleagues have described him as a gentle officer who did not mind sacrificing his time and resources for others.
