Police have confirmed four people injured and one dead in a shooting incident in Kyengera town along Masaka road in Wakiso district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trouble reportedly started when a machete holding man suspected to be mentally ill, blocked the road, while threatening to hack anyone who dared come close to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire has identified the suspect as Geoffrey Kitaka, a boda-boda rider at Wakimese estate stage, who staged a roadblock near Hash petrol station in Kyengera at around 10:00am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The suspect who had started pouring fuel in the road, was intercepted by a yet to be identified armed motorist, who tried to reason with Kitaka but in vain, prompting him to shoot in the air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, during the scuffle, Kitaka cut him and disarmed him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some other people sustained injuries from stray bullets, upon Police response in efforts to disarm the now armed Kitaka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the victims is an unidentified female mobile money attendant who has succumbed to a gunshot wound on arrival at Mulago hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Owoyesigyire says a team of detectives on the scene are still trying to find out whether the victim succumbed to gunshots from a responding police officers’ gun or the gun Kitaka was firing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The suspect who was also shot in the leg by police is currently being treated on handcuffs at Mulago causality, with two other victims. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Police said Kitaka will be subjected to a mental check to ascertain whether the suspect is mentally ill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOfficers have been dispatched to Kitaka\u2019s residence to get more facts and upon conclusion of the investigations, he may be charged with murder and attempted murder,” Owoyesigire said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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