A tragic incident unfolded in Mankessim, located in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region, as a Police Officer lost his life while in pursuit of armed robbers. According to reports from Kasapa News by Yaw Boagyan, Chief Inspector Jonathan Amoadu, the Police Officer, was fatally shot during a night patrol in the area known as Enyan Maim within the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District.
The unfortunate incident transpired when Chief Inspector Jonathan Amoadu received a distress call for assistance from the Accra Anti-Robbery Patrol Team. This team had arrived in Mankessim to apprehend suspected armed robbers who were involved in criminal activities in Accra, and one of the suspects had sought refuge in Enyan Maim.
Both teams of police officers proceeded to Enyan Maim to make the arrest, but the main suspect proved elusive. They did, however, encounter the suspect’s wife and their two children. The wife, rather uncooperative, refused to divulge her husband’s whereabouts and warned the police officers to leave the premises, or she would accuse them of being thieves, prompting others to intervene.
As they approached a section of the community near a block factory, an elderly security man for the factory inquired about their intentions. Chief Inspector Jonathan Amoadu, leading the police team, attempted to explain their mission, but the security man remained unresponsive. He retreated briefly, only to return with a single-barreled firearm. As he advanced toward the officers, panic set in, and they attempted to flee. Tragically, one of the officers was shot, leaving him wounded and in critical condition, with blood pooling around him.
The injured officer was rushed to the Mankessim Roman Hospital but was later transferred to the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, where surgical intervention was required to remove projectiles from his body. Information has emerged that the suspected robbers, who were hiding in the security man’s location at the time of the police officer’s arrival, may have incited him to open fire.
The security man responsible for the shooting has since been apprehended and is cooperating with police authorities in their investigation of this distressing incident.
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