A 23-year-old Ugandan female police officer was allegedly shot dead by her civilian man-friend on March 19, 2023, at her barracks residence.
PC Caroline Komuhangi, a member of the Kabale Police Field Force Unit, was reportedly killed on Sunday at her barracks residence, according to the police.
"It's alleged that on March 18, 2023, at around 6 pm, the deceased signed for the gun and went for night duty.
"At around 7:30 a.m. on March 19, she reported back from duty and while she was resting, her man friend Denis Arinaitwe came in and the two picked a quarrel,” Kigezi region police spokesperson Elly Maate told Monitor, a Ugandan news media outlet.
“As Komuhangi tried to escape, the man-friend picked her gun, thereby shooting her one bullet from the back and the other two on the shoulder, killing her instantly," Maate said.
On Sunday, police officers in the pair's neighbourhood arrested the civilian man-friend and took him under guard to Kabale Regional Referral Hospital (KRRH).
"This was because he was injured while attempting suicide by shooting himself through the nose," Maate explained.
According to Maate, the exhibit of cartridges and blood stains on the rifle was recovered, and a murder case was filed at the Kabale police station.
By midday, the deceased's body had been recovered from the scene and transported to the KRRH mortuary for a postmortem examination.
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