Detective Shot by Own AK-47 Inside Speeding Subaru

The accident scene on Thika Superhighway near Garden City on January 13, 2021.
The accident scene on Thika Superhighway near Garden City on January 13, 2021.
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A detective attached to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) was on Friday, November 12, rushed to hospital after he accidentally got shot by an AK-47 rifle.

The rifle, which was in the trunk of the Subaru Forester the officer was traveling in, discharged a bullet after the vehicle hit a bump on high speed.

According to police reports, the dislodged bullet brushed through Police Constable Evans Kilonzo's left rib.

Directorate of Criminal Investigations headquarters along Kiambu Road
Directorate of Criminal Investigations headquarters along Kiambu Road
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"The officer sustained a slight injury on the left ribs as the bullet passed through the tissue but did not enter the chest cavity," the police report indicated.

Kilonzo is nursing the gunshot wound at the Eldoret Memorial Hospital. Doctors informed the police that their colleague was in a stable condition.

The incident came just days after a Parklands Police Officer accidentally shot himself as he tried to arrest a wanted criminal.

Detective Luke Juma was chasing after Philip Munyasia, a criminal accused of terrorizing city residents through violent robberies, when the incident happened. The suspect had fled after the police officer positively identified him.

“The suspect had taken flight when he spotted the detective coming for him, prompting a chase that left traders along Lunga Lunga Road in Nairobi’s Industrial area, dismayed,” part of the statement read.

The chase would come to a halt when Munyasia got tired and Juma got an opportunity to arrest him.

However, when Juma got hold of the suspect, he accidentally shot himself as he tried to handcuff him. The officer suffered injuries on his left leg. 

The bullet was discharged by his Ceska pistol holstered around his waist.

An image of vehicles parked outside a police station
An image of vehicles parked outside a police station.
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