Police is investigating its own officer, P.C Musawo Job for shooting to death Allan Ntunguka, a S.5 student at St. Mary’s S.S Rushoroza in Kabale district.
Polly Namaye, the deputy police spokesperson explains that on Sunday, at about 05:00PM, students were watching a football match and they failed to agree on which class should take front seats.
S.3 students would then walk out of the hall and start throwing stones at the hall, causing chaos inside, causing the situation to turn rowdy forcing the school administration to call police to intervene.
According to Namaye, a stray bullet unfortunately hit an S.5 student identified as Ntunguka Allan a resident of Nyaruhanga, Nkumba Sub County, Kabale district.
The victim according to a police report, was rushed to Kabale regional referral hospital for treatment but was declared dead shortly after arrival.
“The police officer who was identified as P.C Musawo Job is now on the run and police is in the lookout for him. His gun was abandoned and recovered by the officers at Rushoroza Police Post and the deceased’s body was taken to the hospital Mortuary for postmortem as investigations continue” says Namaye.