Two officers shot dead by a gone rogue colleague

Police officers witnessing a forensic case (courtesy)

BARINGO—A rogue Administration Police (AP) officer Constable Jackson Mwangi has shot dead two of his colleagues and injured another.

The incident occured at Kaisela Rapid Deployment Unit (RDU) camp in Baringo South.

“Gabriel Kung’u Njoroge and Francis Ekono died on the spot while Daniel Kyalo was nursing injuries at Nairobi Women’s Hospital, Nakuru branch,” County AP commandant Robinson Ndiwa said.

“The two officers were relaxing in their tents when the rogue officer visited them, cocked his gun and began firing bullets at them. Two died on the spot and one sustained injuries,” said Mr Ndiwa.

The officer is said to have visited the officers who were relaxing inside a tented camp at around 9pm after returning from an operation.

Shortly after the incident, Mwangi is said to have escaped with his gun from the camp.

Officers from the other tents within the camp reacted to the gun shots but the suspect managed to escape and has not been seen since.

The AP commandant said investigations were underway to establish what might have caused the officer to turn against his colleagues.

He condemned the incident and said the officer involved was being sought to face action.

“We are planning to arrest the officer who disappeared and recover the fire arm,” said the commandant.

The shooting was the first incident to be reported since the start of an operation in March to contain the bandits.

The bodies of the two officers were airlifted to Nairobi for post-mortem.

Kasiele Camp is one of the police camps established in Baringo following increased banditry attacks, which have soared over the past two years.