Constable Samuel Ngatia who was attached to Deputy President William Ruto’s security team died after shooting himself in the head yesterday morning.
He was alone in the house within the General Service Unit’s Recce squad camp along Kenyatta Road at the time of the incident.
According to officials who visited the scene of the incident Ngatia used his pistol to blow up his head and preliminary findings show the bullet entered on the right side and exited on the left side.
The 35-year-old and a father of two is said to have separated from his wife two years ago. A close family friend said that the deceased did not look stressed at all the last time they met, which was two days before he decided to take his own life.
A Jericho pistol loaded with 13 bullets and a Trevor Sub Machine Gun with two magazines loaded with 30 bullets were found in the house. Police also recovered two spent cartridges and one bullet head
The motive behind the incident is yet to be known and police are conducting investigations.