One person was shot dead by Police in Mayuge district during a scuffle at Musubi landing site in Bukabooli Sub County on Sunday.
The deceased has been identified as Umar Maka who was shot after Joseph Osaka, a fisherman at Musubi landing site reported the disappearance of his Yamaha boat engine early this week, prompting an investigation by police.
Police recovered the boat engine from Dolwe island in Namayingo district, where Maka is reported to have sold it to some fishermen.
Officers tracked down Maka and arrested him on Sunday. This however, did not go down well with one of his relatives only identified as Bampalana who grabbed a gun from the officer in charge of the same post, Abdallah Kataba in an attempt to obstruct the officers from transferring the suspect to Musubi police post.
The police officer tried to recover his firearm from Bampalana but met resistance from Maka leading to a scuffle in which the suspect was shot dead.
Police later transferred Maka’s body to Mayuge health center III mortuary for postmortem.
According to Bashir Siriba Mayuge District Police Commander, a team of police detectives is already on the ground to expedite inquiries into the matter.
