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Kiambu: Man Shoots Wife Dead Before Committing Suicide.
Jonathan Mukundi Gachunga, a 42-year-old man is alleged to have killed his wife before committing suicide at their home in Kiambu County.
Gachunga who was a licensed firearm holder is said to have shot his 30-year-old wife in the head before taking his own life using the same weapon according to a police report on the incident.
onathan Mukundi Gachunga and his wife Phelomena Njeri. Photo Courtesy
The lifeless bodies of the two were found inside their bedroom which had been locked from inside on Tuesday evening. This was after Gachunga’s friend reported to Kiambu police station at around 6 pm that the deceased was not picking his calls which was suspicious.
“Together with the officers from Kiambu police station proceeded to his house where the bedroom was found lock from inside. The door was broken where the bodies of the said Jonathan Mukundi Gachunga a kikuyu male adult aged 42 years and his wife namely Phelomena Njeri adult aged around 30 years were found lifeless,” reads the police report.
The bodies of the deceased were moved to Kenyatta Referral Hospital mortuary awaiting autopsy.
Police recovered a mini glock gun from the incident. The motive behind the incident could not be immediately established.
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