A police officer shot and killed his colleague at their place of work before surrendering in Mbooni, Makueni County.
The incident happened on Saturday, March 30 in the morning hours.
The motive of the tragic incident is yet to be known.
Police officers manning Mbooni police station said they heard a loud bang from the local deputy county commissioner’s office about 40 meters away and rushed to establish the source.
It was then that they found a police officer in uniform and a G3 rifle beside him while squatting.
The officers said that while they tried to talk to him, they realized that the officer was bleeding on the left side of the ribs.
He had been shot at close range.
On further examination, it was discovered that he had been shot by use of a firearm and he was dead, police said.
After a short while, another police officer attached to the local Critical Infrastructure Police Unit (CIPU) Mbooni West who was on night guard duty at the DCC's office surrendered at Mbooni police station claiming that he had shot the deceased constable Hassan Ahmed using the G3 rifle issued to him.
He did not state the motive of the 6 am incident.
He was disarmed and placed in cells pending investigations.
Police said both G3 rifles loaded with 18 rounds and 20 rounds issued to both the accused and deceased officers respectively were detained as exhibits pending ballistic examinations.
The body of the deceased officer was moved to Mbooni West Sub-County referral hospital mortuary pending postmortem.
The accused is Tuesday expected in court to face murder charges, police said.
He will be subjected to interrogation and mental tests before he is charged.
