Police in Sembabule district has put behind bars a Local Defence Unit-LDU officer for shooting dead a police officer.
Jamada Luwaga, a resident of Rugusuulu Sub County allegedly shot dead Corporal Gerald Olweny aged 32 years, a police officer attached to Rugusuulu Police station on Wednesday night.
It is alleged by eyewitnesses that the duo had gone to Rugusuulu trading center in an operation to apprehend a suspected robber identified as Deo Tumusiime, Olweny knocked on Tumusiime’s door as Luwaga who was armed with an AK47 rifle kept watching from a distance.
When Tumusiime, the thug opened his door, Olweny held him by the trouser but Tumusiime overpowered the Olweny pushing him to the ground.
And that’s where Luwaga got involved by impulsively firing a bullet on the ground which targeted Olweny on the chest killing him instantly. The suspected thug was also injured on the arm.
Denis Musinguzi, the Sembabule District Police Commander says that Luwanga is helping police with investigations.
