A family in Lakeview Estate in Nakuru County is still coming to terms with the death of their relative who was shot dead by an administration police officer on Sunday.
Emmanuel Bukachi had stepped out of his house to smoke when he met his death after a police officer who had allegedly been called to quell a fight in one of the pubs shot him on the leg and head.
The deceased eldest daughter narrated that his father, a habitual smoker, had gone out of the house as usual to puff when the unfortunate incident occurred.
She further narrated that his father who was only 50 metres from the house allegedly tried to escape from the officer who had since started firing in the air but was hit and later succumbed on his way to the provincial general hospital where he was being rushed.
Nakuru OCPD James Leila confirmed the incident and said police had launched investigations into the matter.