BREAKING: Shock As Senior Police Officer Shoots Magistrate In Makadara Law Court
According to police, Makadara Principal Magistrate Monica Kivuti was shot by a police officer during an active court session while delivering a ruling in a case involving the officer’s wife.
Other police officers present at the scene responded and fatally shot the senior officer, Chief Inspector Samson Kipruto, killing him on the spot.
Detectives are on the scene to investigate the incident, particularly the motive for the abrupt shooting.
Principal Magistrate Monica Kivuti is currently under medical care after sustaining a gunshot wound during a shootout at Makadara Law Courts. She was targeted in the thigh following her delivery of a ruling in a case involving the wife of a senior police officer from Kericho… pic.twitter.com/TZ6qSZLRrE
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However, it is believed that the officer shot at the magistrate after she refused to grant his wife’s bond. Detectives and the judiciary have yet to issue a statement on the situation.
The officer from Kisumu County traveled to Nairobi for the hearing on the case in which his wife was a suspect. He wanted the wife to be released on bond while the case was pending.
Police transferred the deceased’s body to the local morgue for autopsy and preservation.
There has been a shootout at Makadara Law Courts, resulting in the injury of Principal Magistrate Monica Kivuti.
— Ole Teya (@TeyaKevin) June 13, 2024
The shooter, a police officer, shot Magistrate Kivuti in the thigh in Court No. 9. The magistrate had sentenced the officer's wife to life imprisonment.
The shooter… pic.twitter.com/nxTIkMc801
On the other hand, the magistrate and another member of the public who were injured in the incident are receiving medical attention.
As investigations continue, security personnel have closed off the law courts to the general public. ATPU officers are on the scene.
As investigations continue, security personnel have closed off the law courts to the general public. ATPU officers are on the scene.
BREAKING: Shock As Senior Police Officer Shoots Magistrate In Makadara Law Court
