{"id":132510,"date":"2026-02-28T09:02:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T09:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/gunmen-kill-police-officer-in-raid-in-kakamega-police-post-flee-with-two-rifles\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T09:02:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T09:02:50","slug":"gunmen-kill-police-officer-in-raid-in-kakamega-police-post-flee-with-two-rifles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/gunmen-kill-police-officer-in-raid-in-kakamega-police-post-flee-with-two-rifles\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen Kill Police Officer in Raid in Kakamega Police Post, Flee with Two Rifles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 28 \u2014 A police officer was shot dead and three others injured after gunmen attacked a rural patrol base in Kakamega late Friday, authorities said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The assault occurred at about 8:50 p.m. at Musanda Police Station in Mumias West sub-county, according to a police report released Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Police Constable Brian Kipngetich told investigators he was inside his house within the patrol base when he heard commotion at the report office, followed by gunshots.<\/p>\n<p>As he moved outside to respond, he heard a voice shout, \u201cthere is another one,\u201d before another shot rang out.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The bullet struck him on the left side of the head as he retreated into his house, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe OCS Musanda rushed with a team of officers to the scene at Mukhuwa location, Mukhuwa sub location, around 13kms south east of the station,\u201d read a police report.<\/p>\n<p>Inside the office, officers found Corporal Richard Utolo unconscious with a gunshot wound to the chin.<\/p>\n<p>Kipngetich sustained a head injury, while Police Constable Finace Abura was wounded in the left ear.<\/p>\n<p>Abura\u2019s wife, Mary Omondi, was also injured, suffering wounds to the head and right hand.<\/p>\n<p>The victims were rushed to Bungoma West Hospital and admitted for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Corporal Utolo later succumbed to his injuries at about 2:03 a.m. Friday, police said. His body was transferred to Life Care Hospital mortuary pending an autopsy.<\/p>\n<p>During the attack, the assailants stole two G3 rifles, each loaded with 20 rounds of 7.62\u00d751mm ammunition, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Security agencies have launched a search operation to recover the stolen firearms and apprehend the suspects.<\/p>\n<p>No arrests had been announced as of Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The motive for the attack remains under investigation.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 28 \u2014 A police officer was shot dead and three others injured after gunmen attacked a rural patrol base in Kakamega late Friday, authorities said. The assault occurred at about 8:50 p.m. at Musanda Police Station in Mumias West sub-county, according to a police report released Friday. Police Constable Brian Kipngetich told [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132510\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}