According to the Uganda Police, a police officer with the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police has been arrested after he shot dead another person after scratching his vehicle.
The Uganda Police have confirmed the arrest of a police officer at the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police who after scratching another person’s vehicle, drew a gun and shot him dead.
The incident that happened in Kito Zone A, Kirinya Parish, Bweyogerere division in Kira Municipality on Saturday saw a police officer ASP Owor Lameck, knock the victim, Reagan Senoga’s vehicle but in a bizarre incident also shot him dead.
According to Fred Enanga the police spokesperson, the incident happened at around 11 pm on Saturday.
“When the incident happened at around 11pm, the officer got out of the vehicle to rectify the issue and pulled out a pistol and shot Ssenoga dead. The police officer then drove off and went to his home.”
Enanga said although it was at night and the police officer thought no one had seen him, several eyewitnesses have been able to record statements about the incident.
Enanga says investigations were also carried out including in the officer’s home and found his car, a Toyota Premio with scratches on the passenger’s side which had been the impact of the incident with the deceased’s vehicle.
“We got a pistol from him and one bullet was missing and upon thorough examination, we recovered the cartridge which accounts for the 15 bullets in the pistol,” Enanga revealed.
The police spokesperson, however, mentioned the officer has since been under detention with further investigations still going on.
Enanga disclosed the Inspector General of Police, John Martin Okoth Ochola has directed the Criminal Investigations Directorate to carry on with the investigations to ensure justice is brought to the family of the deceased.
“This was a tragic incident in which one of the lives of citizens was taken by an officer supposed to protect life and property. Our prayers are with the victim’s family, friends and relatives. The IGP has condemned this act of impunity and tasked CID to ensure the cases is investigated thoroughly,” Enanga mentioned.
“This act was done by an individual and doesn’t reflect the over 52000 police officers we have in the police force. We condemn this erratic behaviour. We are currently doing a background check on the behaviour and action of our officer leading to this incident. We are confident the investigating team will do a thorough job to ensure he is charged to court with evidence,” he added.
