Cop Accidentally Shoots Colleague While Guarding Bank

The incident happened around 10:15 am when the officers were manning the local bank.

Elizabeth Angira Elizabeth Angira
Jan 9, 2023 - 16:51 Updated: Apr 10, 2024 - 18:01
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Cop Accidentally Shoots Colleague While Guarding Bank
A Kenyan police officer holding a gun. /FILE

A police officer on Monday, January 9 sustained serious injuries after his colleague accidentally shot him on the left leg below the knee at a bank in Kisii County.

The incident happened around 10:15 am when the officers were manning the local bank.

Confirming the incident, Kisii Central OCPD Amos Ambasa said the shooting incident happened when the officers drawn from the Critical Infrastructure Protection Unit (CIPU) came to collect money from the bank.

CBK Kisii centre on October 21, 2020. /THE STAR

The officers had waited outside the bank while chatting with their colleagues from Kisii Central police station.

This is when one round of ammunition got discharged from an AK-47 rifle, hitting one CIPU officer and then hit a wall, bouncing back and injuring a security guard that was alongside Bob Morgan, on the left of his palm.

"Two pieces of ammunition were also discharged when the officer threw his AK-47 down," stated Ambasa.

The two were rushed to Kisii Teaching and Referral hospital for medical attention where the police officer was admitted while the guard was treated and discharged.

On December 28, 2022, a senior police officer based in Teso, Busia County caused a stir in Busia town after he fired in the air two times, following an altercation over a woman.

According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the altercation started earlier at around 11 pm when the officer had walked into Didis pub in the company of a beautiful woman only identified as Daisy, to unwind after a long day’s work. 

"All went well in the pub located at the border town with Uganda, as other revellers danced with their partners to slow rhumba tunes that set the mood for a happy ending, to crown the Christmas festivities," the DCI stated in part. 

However, at around 2:30 am, the woman spotted a man she knew sitting at an adjacent table and joined him for a brief chat. This angered the senior cop who paid for his drinks only and left in a huff, leaving the woman to her own devices.

Efforts by the woman to go after the top commander and explain that things were not as he thought fell on deaf ears, as the officer entered his car and took off towards Amerkwai, leaving with the woman’s handbag. 

The woman accompanied by the bar manager went after the cop using a motorbike while demanding for the handbag and blocked his vehicle at Amerkwai, along the Busia-Malaba road. 

Immediately, the officer took out his firearm, a Jericho pistol loaded with 15 rounds of 9mm calibre, and fired two rounds in the air, sending the duo scampering for dear life and attracting the attention of police officers from Adungosi police station who rushed to the scene. 

Police officers next to a vehicle. /PSCU