A day after the Kakamega Police Officer went viral after shooting an unarmed tuktuk operator in the town, new details have emerged about the reason that the police took that decision.
According to reports accessed by NewsProjector, the police officer was arrested after the he was involved in an altercation with an unknown tuktuk crew along Kakamega-Kisumu Road.
Reports indicate that the officer who has since been identified as police constable Nathan Bett, had been deployed to maintain order in the court premises earlier in the day at the county.
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However, upon returning his ceska pistol to the armory, it was discovered to have thirteen rounds of ammunition and immediately was established that the officer had fired two rounds of ammunition during a scuffle between him and a tuk-tuk crew.
Speaking about the incident, police constable Nathan Bett, the officer involved claimed that the tuk-tuk crew had declined to stop to allow the officer to alight at the Kakamega Police Station gate.
It was then that he realised that individuals that he is yet to name had the intention of kidnapping him and fired rounds to defend himself from the unknown individuals who he claims had issued threats to him.
Preliminary investigations revealed that officer Bett shot a 28-year-old who sustained two gunshot injuries on the left shoulder and another penetrating the right collarbone and exiting the left collarbone.
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The police report indicate that the said officer has been arrested and placed in cell for attempting murder. Also action to be taken to the in charge armoury for issuing a ceska to a member of other ranks.