Police constable Kelvin Kipkemoi, is reported to have committed suicide on Sunday morning.
Kipkemoi who was attached to Kizurini Police station in Kaloleni, Kilifi County, killed himself allegedly after a quarrel with his wife.
Reports by Citizen Digital state highlight that Kilifi County Police Commander Patrick Okeri revealed that Kipkemoi shot himself inside a house, which is few metres away from the station.
“The officer completed his shift without any problem and when he proceeded to his house, a shot was heard by his colleague who found him dead after they went to check what had happened,” affirmed Okeri
The officer shot himself only 70 metres away from the police report office.
The residence in which the incident took place is a temporary structure that police officers who are on night shift use for easy access to the station.
Kipkemoi’s colleague, who spoke on condition of anonymity, disclosed that his wife had visited him at the house, Nation reports.
“We understand there could be family issues, but let us do our investigations before we make any conclusions,” maintained Okeri.
In June, another police officer, Constable Moses Maina Gichuki, committed suicide in his house in Dandora, Nairobi county.
Gichuki, whose body was found hanging on a piece of cloth in his bathroom, was on annual leave at the time of the incident.
Nairobi police boss Philip Ndolo said they had not known the motive of the incident.
