The territorial Police at Kawempe are investigating a murder by shooting incident that happened on Friday at about 9am at Kawanda Senior Secondary School in Nakisangye Zone, Nabweru Division in Wakiso.
According to Luke Owoyesigire the Public Relations Officer Kampala Metropolitan area, the victim has been identified as Waligo Ronald, 38 a resident of Kirinya Bigo Kawanda in wakiso. He was allegedly shot by a suspected UPDF driver identified as Ssali Abdul.
Owoyesigire said the duo got a misunderstanding when Ssali who was driving a UPDF vehicle while leaving the school met a number of motorcycles and cars at the gate.
He said the preliminary investigations into the matter indicated that because the road was narrow, this prompted him (Ssali) to squeeze on the side where the deceased had parked.
“This caused an altercation after Waligo complained to the driver of being squeezed which attracted a big group of riders that also condemned his action,” according to Owoyesigire, this prompted the driver to enter his vehicle where he picked an AK47 rifle and shot at the victim.
“He died instantly and the driver sped off from the crime scene,” Owoyesigire however, said they have been able to identify the vehicle with the help of CCTV cameras.
He said the police was also liase with the UPDF to help identify the driver for statement recording and Prosecution.
“The number plate of the said vehicle has been identified by the Police as H4DF 1939. The Police was invited at the scene where they noted that the deceased was shot on left shoulder and the bullet came out from the right shoulder something that killed him instantly,” Owoyesigire explained.
“At the scene his body was conveyed to city mortuary Mulago for Postmortem , we also recovered a motorcycle Bajaj Boxer UEG 721c that belongs to the deceased at the scene of crime,” he added.