Security starts hunt for killer of guard in Luweero
Police and residents at the scene where a private security guard was shot dead and his gun taken by unknown assailants in Wobulenzi town in Luweero District. PHOTO/DAN WANDERA
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- Mr David Ssegalye, a witness, said the assailant quickly wrapped the gun in a ragged bag and disappeared.
A joint security team has mounted operations to hunt for an assailant and recover a gun that was used to kill a guard at the offices of a microfinance company in Wobulenzi Town, Luweero District, on Tuesday.
According to police, the assailant stormed Advance Micro Smart Microfinance office and shot dead Leon Odong, 20, attached to SGA Security group, before taking off with his gun.
“We got information that the suspect, who disguised as a mad person carrying some rubbish, wrestled with the guard at the entrance of the microfinance office before shooting him dead. He later disappeared with the gun that was in the deceased’s possession,” Mr Patrick Lule, the acting Savana Region police spokesperson, said yesterday.
Mr David Ssegalye, a witness, said the assailant quickly wrapped the gun in a ragged bag and disappeared.
He reportedly pointed the gun at some people who attempted to chase him, but they fled for their lives.
“I was among the few people that tried to chase the assailant, but we realised that our attempts were dangerous since the suspect was armed and was determined to shoot us,” Mr Moses Ssebalamu, the town council LC3 chairperson, said.
“The suspect wore a white shirt and a cape but after a few minutes, he removed the shirt and was in a white vest. We later made a follow up with the police and recovered a small broken piece of the gun and his cape that he probably dropped as he rushed through the bush,” he added. The incident brings the number of guns robbed in Luweero to five in a spell of six months.
