A Police officer on Saturday night shot dead his wife in Tharaka Nithi county.
The officer identified as Collins Wafula of Marimanti Police station is reported to have opened fire on Grace Opiyo who was also a police officer at the same station which is the latest incident involving law enforcement officers in the country.
Tharaka Nithi South Police chief Dominic Mukoma told journalists that the two had been living as a couple and only differed at the report office last night.
“We are investigating to find out what happened because these are people who were cohabiting,” he said as quoted by Capital.
He said they are investigating to establish what led to the shooting as they plan to charge the accused who was disarmed and locked up.
Cases of police officers shooting each other have been on the increase in recent months.
Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet is yet to make public a report from an inquiry set up to investigate causes of police shootings involving colleagues.