A private security guard accused of raping a woman has been gunned down by a police officer after he reportedly attempted to grab their weapon while resisting arrest.
The rapist a private security guard at a garage near Kosovo junction is alleged to have raped a woman on Wednesday, October 21st in Lugala, Kampala’s Rubaga Division.
The Kampala Metropolitan police spokesperson, Patrick Onyango, a lady whose names have been withheld identified the suspect clearly and police used CCTV footage to identify the rapist.
The Kampala police mouthpiece said officers identified the suspect using the CCTV footage and went to arrest him but he tried to grab a gun from one of the officers as he resisted the arrest.
“The officers discharged warning shots, but the suspect went ahead and attempted to grab a gun from one of the officers. The officer’s colleague fired bullets that killed the suspect.”
Onyango noted that the officer who shot the suspect has since been arrested and detained at Old Kampala Police Stations as investigations into the incident continue whereas the body has been taken to Mulago city mortuary postmortem.
