One dead after being shot by a police officer in Nansana

One dead after being shot by a police officer in Nansana

The deceased is a son of a police officer

Deceased. Kyeyune Daniel. Courtesy photo

Shootings in Uganda have become the order of the day after several reckless shootings which have claimed lives of innocent civilians. Another careless shooting happened yesterday in Nansana a Kampala suburb.
One person is said to have been shot by suspected local defense unit officer at Nansana. The deceased was identified as Daniel Kyeyune a son of a police officer and police is going to take charge of the burial arrangement.
The Kampala metropolitan spokesperson Onyango Patrick confirmed that the deceased was a son of their officer. "True, he was a son of our officer. Details of the burial arrangement are to be communicated in press release very soon," Mr Onyango said.

Daniel,who is claimed to be a member of pressure group known as people power, was shot dead as police tried to disperse a crowd that had gathered to cheer a convoy of Kyadondo legislator Robert Kyaggulanyi.
The incident happened at 8pm at masitowa Kampala-Hoima road as kyagulanyi and his supporters were returning from kiboga district for the burial of Ritah Nabukenya, a people power supporter that died in a motor crash.

Deceased. Ritah Nabukenya a people power supporter. Courtesy photo

Police has said that people power leaders and supporters will not participate as they did during Ritah's send-off.
Eyewitnesses said that when the convoy reached nansana, police randomly fired bullets and that's when a young man was shot. The body was soaked in blood and picked up by a police patrol vehicle and taken to a city mortuary for post mortem.

This stirred the crowd to start throwing stones at the police which also responded by using tear gas and bullets to disperse them.