An Administration police officer shot and killed his wife in Navakholo, Kakamega county after a domestic quarrel.
The incident occurred on Thursday night.
The officer took off after killing his wife who is a teacher at Navakholo secondary school.
Residents later protested over the killing and blocked police from collecting the body.
They demanded that the police produce the killer before being allowed to pick the body.
Police had to disperse the rowdy residents before collecting the body.
It remains unclear what the couple fought over.
Kakamega county CID boss John Onyango confirmed the incident saying the officer remained at large.
"We don't know how many bullets the officer may have discharged but police officers are at the scene," Onyango said.
The body of the deceased was later moved to the Kakamega County Referral Hospital mortuary.
