A police officer has shot himself dead in Kapedo, Turkana County.
Police Constable Nathan Kiptoo, a GSU officer attached to the Kapedo OPS camp died on the spot during the incident that happened on Monday, October 10, 2022.
Kapedo is a trading centre in the Turkana East sub-county, Turkana County.
The incident was reported to the same camp as the suicide incident report under OB NO. 07/10/10/2022.
"Please be informed that today 10/10/2022 at around 0430 hours at GSU Kapedo Operations Camp, a gunshot was heard emanating from one of the tents within the camp. It was later established that NO 121196 PC Nathan Kiptoo had committed suicide by shooting himself in the forehead using a G3 rifle S/NO 760919913 issued to him for operational duties, " a police report seen by the Star read in part.
The signal was sent to various police command centres by Chief Inspector Luke Mwalati, for OPS commander, Kapedo OPS camp.
Mwalati stated that the scene had been processed by the DCI and the body was moved to Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital mortuary (MTRH) awaiting autopsy.
