Police are investigating an incident in which a senior police officer died by suicide after shooting himself in a tragic incident at the Dabel police station, Moyale, Marsabit County.
The incident happened on Tuesday night and the motive is yet to be known.
Inspector James Moturi who was the deputy Officer Commanding Station (OCS) at Dabel police station used a pistol issued to him to end his life inside his unit on July 2 at about 11 pm.
He was alone in the house at the time of the incident.
His colleagues at the station said they heard a gunshot sound from behind the report office and when they rushed to check, they found Moturi had shot himself.
He had apparently shot himself in the chin with the bullet exiting the forehead using a Ceska pistol issued to him.
The pistol with 14 bullets was found besides his body with a pool of blood caking around it.
Police said no suicide note was found at the scene.
Senior police officers visited the scene before the body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other investigation.
