Cases of police officers killing their families or ending their own life has risen,could it be the police officers are under pressure?
Police in Narok County are investigating an incident where a police officer allegedly shot dead his wife in front of their 8 years old child following a domestic dispute.
The incident happened on the evening of Wednesday at their living quarters at the Kilgoris Police Station, in Trans Mara West sub-county Narok County.
Confirming the incident, Trans Mara West OCPD David Wambua said Constable Solomon Muchui engaged his wife Eunice Kerubo in a quarrel over some unknown reasons after which a fight broke out.
Wambua said that Kerubo seriously injured her husband on the head after hitting him with a hammer prompting Muchui to respond by fatally shooting her dead before he was rushed to the Trans Mara West Sub County Hospital.
“Kerubo’s body is currently at the Saint Joseph Mission Hospital Mortuary while Muchui was referred to the Kisii County Hospital after being treated at the Trans Mara West Hospital,” said Wambua.
However the officer is recuperating at Kisii Level Five Hospital where he was transferred to after emergency treatment at Trans Mara Sub-county Hospital.
Adding that the incident has shocked the police fraternity at the Kilgoris Police Station since the officer was known to be quiet, polite and dedicated to duty with least expectations that he would kill his wife.
The incident was reported at Kilgoris police station by the minor who stays with her parents Solomon Muchuri Muthuku (accused) and Eunice Kerubo Thomas (deceased).
The motive of the murder not known but investigations have commenced.
This incident comes barely a week after a Nakuru based police officer ended his wife’s life using a gun assigned to him.
The officer later committed suicide using the same weapon.