{"id":132643,"date":"2023-12-19T05:58:21","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T05:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/19\/police-constable-shoots-his-boss-after-being-found-drunk-while-on-duty\/"},"modified":"2023-12-19T05:58:21","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T05:58:21","slug":"police-constable-shoots-his-boss-after-being-found-drunk-while-on-duty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/19\/police-constable-shoots-his-boss-after-being-found-drunk-while-on-duty\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Constable Shoots his Boss after Being Found Drunk while on Duty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-257075\" alt=\"\" width=\"862\" height=\"454\"  data-lazy- src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/crime.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-257075\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/crime.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"862\" height=\"454\"  \/>A police corporal attached to the Critical Infrastructure Protection Unit (CIPU) in Nyeri shot his superior, Inspector Charles Mwangi, three times during the Sunday evening shift.<\/p>\n<p>PC Joseph Gitari, 42, aged 42 and stationed at the Administration Police camp in Mweiga town, is accused of committing the offense while on duty at the Rural Electrification &amp; Renewable Energy Corporation situated on the outskirts of the town.<\/p>\n<p>Nyeri County Police Commander Benjamin Rotich said the incident transpired around 6:30 pm while Inspector Mwangi was conducting patrols and overseeing officers at their work stations.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt was then that the inspector noticed that the officer, responsible for safeguarding the property, was drunk,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n<p>Following the incident, Mwangi relieved the corporal of his duties and instructed him to return to a waiting vehicle, awaiting arrangements for his replacement.<\/p>\n<p>However, PC Gitari, instead of complying, boarded the vehicle and discharged three bullets from his rifle, shooting at the inspector.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe missed one shot although two struck the inspector on his right hand and another in the waist, lodging in his body,\u201d<\/em> said the County Police boss.<\/p>\n<p>Officers disarmed the rogue cop but he still managed to escape.\u00a0He reportedly flagged down a private vehicle and fled to an unknown destination while still in his police uniform.<\/p>\n<p>The County Police Commander said the suspect\u2019s habitual drinking problem could be associated with stress from personal and family issues.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Mwangi was hospitalized at Mathari Hospital in Nyeri, with medical professionals stating that the officer was out of danger.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe officer was initially supposed to be transferred to Nairobi for further treatment but he is in stable condition,\u201d<\/em> a police source said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A police corporal attached to the Critical Infrastructure Protection Unit (CIPU) in Nyeri shot his superior, Inspector Charles Mwangi, three times during the Sunday evening shift. PC Joseph Gitari, 42, aged 42 and stationed at the Administration Police camp in Mweiga town, is accused of committing the offense while on duty at the Rural Electrification [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":123690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kenya-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Police Constable Shoots his Boss after Being Found Drunk while on Duty - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/19\/police-constable-shoots-his-boss-after-being-found-drunk-while-on-duty\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police Constable Shoots his Boss after Being Found Drunk while on Duty - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A police corporal attached to the Critical Infrastructure Protection Unit (CIPU) in Nyeri shot his superior, Inspector Charles Mwangi, three times during the Sunday evening shift. PC Joseph Gitari, 42, aged 42 and stationed at the Administration Police camp in Mweiga town, is accused of committing the offense while on duty at the Rural Electrification [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/19\/police-constable-shoots-his-boss-after-being-found-drunk-while-on-duty\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-19T05:58:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/crime.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"862\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"454\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/19\/police-constable-shoots-his-boss-after-being-found-drunk-while-on-duty\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/19\/police-constable-shoots-his-boss-after-being-found-drunk-while-on-duty\/\",\"name\":\"Police Constable Shoots his Boss after Being Found Drunk while on Duty - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/19\/police-constable-shoots-his-boss-after-being-found-drunk-while-on-duty\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/19\/police-constable-shoots-his-boss-after-being-found-drunk-while-on-duty\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/crime.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-19T05:58:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-19T05:58:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/19\/police-constable-shoots-his-boss-after-being-found-drunk-while-on-duty\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/19\/police-constable-shoots-his-boss-after-being-found-drunk-while-on-duty\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/19\/police-constable-shoots-his-boss-after-being-found-drunk-while-on-duty\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/crime.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/crime.jpg\",\"width\":862,\"height\":454},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/19\/police-constable-shoots-his-boss-after-being-found-drunk-while-on-duty\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Police Constable Shoots his Boss after Being Found Drunk while on Duty\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/author\/ghanamma\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Police Constable Shoots his Boss after Being Found Drunk while on Duty - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/19\/police-constable-shoots-his-boss-after-being-found-drunk-while-on-duty\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Police Constable Shoots his Boss after Being Found Drunk while on Duty - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"A police corporal attached to the Critical Infrastructure Protection Unit (CIPU) in Nyeri shot his superior, Inspector Charles Mwangi, three times during the Sunday evening shift. PC Joseph Gitari, 42, aged 42 and stationed at the Administration Police camp in Mweiga town, is accused of committing the offense while on duty at the Rural Electrification [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/19\/police-constable-shoots-his-boss-after-being-found-drunk-while-on-duty\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2023-12-19T05:58:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":862,"height":454,"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/crime.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/19\/police-constable-shoots-his-boss-after-being-found-drunk-while-on-duty\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/19\/police-constable-shoots-his-boss-after-being-found-drunk-while-on-duty\/","name":"Police Constable Shoots his Boss after Being Found Drunk while on Duty - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/19\/police-constable-shoots-his-boss-after-being-found-drunk-while-on-duty\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/19\/police-constable-shoots-his-boss-after-being-found-drunk-while-on-duty\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/crime.jpg","datePublished":"2023-12-19T05:58:21+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-19T05:58:21+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/19\/police-constable-shoots-his-boss-after-being-found-drunk-while-on-duty\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/19\/police-constable-shoots-his-boss-after-being-found-drunk-while-on-duty\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/19\/police-constable-shoots-his-boss-after-being-found-drunk-while-on-duty\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/crime.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/crime.jpg","width":862,"height":454},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/19\/police-constable-shoots-his-boss-after-being-found-drunk-while-on-duty\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Police Constable Shoots his Boss after Being Found Drunk while on Duty"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}