- CCTV footage has shown in detail how a now suspended police constable shot a Karatina businessman at a petrol station
- The incident showed a violent situation despite the efforts of a citizen to try to intervene during the violent confrontation
- Bodaboda operators and local residents gathered at the scene after the tragic incident and after the suspect and his companion left
CCTV images have emerged showing how Constable Peter Wamiti Mwangi is alleged to have shot and killed a Karatina businessman, George Gathu Matheri.
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The officer and his colleague from the Karatina Police Station, in East Mathira Sub-County, were involved in an altercation with the deceased at the Rubis petrol station a few minutes after 5pm on 18 January.
How did Peter Mwangi kill George Matheri?
According to the pictures, Matheri (who was wearing a white t-shirt and blue pants) and the officers had an argument at the entrance of the gas station, the situation got worse and made the officer attack him with kicks and punches.
Matheri left the area and went to where there was a group of people. A civilian, who appeared to be the driver, intervened to try to separate them.
However, his efforts were unsuccessful. The enraged officers continued to beat Matheri and at one point pointed a gun at him before hitting him with the butt of the gun.
Despite his efforts to leave the gas station, Mwangi and his companion continued to push him, torture him, and finally shot him.
The concerned citizen who had unsuccessfully tried to intervene ran to the spot where Matheri had fallen, only to find that he had died.
The photos captured him talking briefly with the suspects before they left the scene regardless of what happened.
Some of the witnesses who were present at the station panicked and ran to find safety.
A few minutes later, several residents including bodaboda drivers flooded the scene, which was dominated by panic and fear.
The shooting incident caused tension and chaos in Karatina, with residents reportedly blocking the Nairobi-Karatina Highway and destroying property.
Mwangi was arrested and detained for 14 days after being brought to the Nyeri Court on Tuesday, January 20.
How did Kenyans contribute to the Karatina shooting incident?
Njokey Wakandah “Haki, how can you shoot someone in anger and then walk away as if nothing happened?”
Lilloh Msoo “This is crazy… he was leaving, and then someone takes his own life like that? Woooi!”
Dennis Mathenge “Kenyan police, explain to me as a small child how he used to fight with the police and try to grab the gun? You defend to the point of murder, sir.”
Rhys Ann “The old man who was walking with a cane felt the danger. Woi, he was coming to calm the situation, but his weak legs did not allow him to arrive in time.”
Lilly Kabz Of Jersey “And both of them should be in. Why are they all hitting him, surely?”
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A Nairobi man was beaten to death by a KDF officer
Elsewhere, CCTV footage emerged showing how a Nairobi man was allegedly beaten to death by an officer KDF in one bar, Umoja One street.
The man was rushed to Mother Lucy Kibaki Hospital, where he died from his injuries.
His mother asked the Department of Criminal Investigation (DCI) and other authorities to speed up the investigation of the case while also claiming to be more threatened by the suspected officer.
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