A police corporal has died while a female bar owner is fighting for her life following a shooting incident at a local bar in Naivasha, Nakuru County, on the night of Wednesday, January 1.
According to a police report filed at Kongoni Police Station, the incident was reported by Corporal Bakari Juma, the officer in charge of Kachuma Police Post. Officers who rushed to the scene found two people lying in pools of blood outside the bar.
Preliminary investigations indicate that Corporal Collins Kochei, who was attached to Tangi Tano Police Post under Munanda Police Station in Gilgil Sub-county, allegedly shot Lucy Wanjiru Njoroge, a 34-year-old woman and the owner of the bar.
Police said the woman sustained gunshot wounds to both breasts and her right thigh.
The officer, who was reportedly armed with an AK-47 rifle, is alleged to have later turned the firearm on himself, shooting himself through the chin, with the bullet exiting through the forehead.
Both the injured bar owner and the officer were rushed to Nakuru Provincial General Hospital by a good Samaritan. Corporal Kochei was pronounced dead on arrival, while Ms. Njoroge was admitted in critical condition and is currently receiving treatment.
Senior officers from Kongoni Police Station and the Sub-county Criminal Investigations Office visited the scene, which was processed by investigators.
The body of the deceased officer was transferred to the Nakuru Provincial General Hospital mortuary, where it is being preserved pending a post-mortem examination.
Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in Naivasha have launched investigations to establish the circumstances surrounding the incident.
