Two Police Officer Dead In a Love Triangle Incident
Two police officers one an administration police officer and the other a prison warden have died after being embroiled in a love triangle.
Constable Kering Kipkosgei a Kenya Prisons officer is reported to have visited the house of his girlfriend, Sergeant Esther Muthoni Mwangi when the shocking incident happened.
According to a police report, the two were having supper when Muthoni’s former husband, AP corporal Boniface Mithamo Ngaragari , stormed in demanding to know what Kipkosgei was doing in the house at Mwea GK Prisons senior staff quarters.
The two male officer then picked a fight and shortly Muthoni separated them and escorted Mithamo who is attached to AP Critical Infrastructure Police Unit (CIPU) in Kianyaga, out of the house.
The prison warder then picked his firearm and used it to fatally shoot the AP officer in the neck before he ran outside and shot himself in the head, according to the police report.
The two were rushed to Karira Mission hospital where they were pronounced dead on arrival.
The two bodies of the deceased officers were moved to Karira mission hospital mortuary waiting for postmortem.
Cases of police officers turning against each other have been on the rise in recent days. On Sunday 3rd a police officer in Nairobi shot himself after being cornered by his colleques who were in persuit of the officer for shooting dead a female officer the previous day.
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Reports showed that the police officer had earlier on Saturday night shot the female officer and another colleague following a relationship confrontation.
After a heated argument, the officer stepped back and opened fire on his colleagues who were inside the car killing one and injuring another on the hand.
The officer, who was attached to Kamukunji Police Station, later left the scene of the crime while dressed in civilian clothes.