Polie car. [Photo/File]
A bodyguard attached to Kiambu Deputy Governor James Karanja Nyoro was on Saturday evening shot and injured in a shootout that left the security officer’s father dead.
The incident took place at the gate of Mr John Mungai Mburu(The bodyguard) home in Muguga village in Kabete.
According to Kabete OCPD Joseph Ongaya, the bodyguard’s wife and his father were in the house at around 10 pm when they heard a commotion at the gate before they came out to see what was happening.
“When the old man and the daughter-in-law left the house, they found the officer wrestling with two people. At that time the officer, who is now admitted in the hospital, was shot and when the father tried to intervene he was shot on the left side of the chest before the thugs shot the daughter-in-law,” said the OCPD.
Police have launched a manhunt for the criminals.