Police officer kills civilian, then takes own life in suspected love triangle in Laikipia
Preliminary investigations indicate that PC Mwangi, who was on official duty and armed with a G3 rifle, left his post at approximately 2:20 pm to look for lunch at Ndurumo Trading Centre. - Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today | Capitalfm.co.ke..
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A police officer in Laikipia West shot and killed a civilian before taking his own life in a suspected love triangle incident at Ndurumo Trading Centre on December 14.
- Two individuals, Police Constable Peter Macharia Mwangi and civilian Benson Kipkemboi Chirchir (aged 29), died in the incident.
- The officer used his official G3 rifle, first shooting Chirchir inside the Westgate Pool Table Shop, then returning to the police post to die by suicide at his residence doorstep.
- Investigators from Rumuruti Police Station and the DCI Laikipia West are handling the case, with bodies moved to Nyahururu County Referral Hospital mortuary for postmortem examinations.
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