Police Inspector shoots colleague dead, injures another, commits suicide

Tragedy struck in Abuja on Saturday as a police inspector shot his colleague dead, injured another officer after which he shot himself dead.

It was gathered that the incident occurred at the Dutse Police Divisional Headquarters in the suburb of Abuja around 4.30 a.m.

The Inspector, said to be on duty as a station guard, reportedly shot into the air and was cautioned by another officer on duty but rather than listen, he was said to have turned to the officer and shot him in the head.

This attracted the attention of another officer also on duty who came out from his office to find out what was amiss but the Inspector also shot him in the arm.

After doing this, it was gathered that the Inspector allegedly put the gun in his mouth and shot himself dead.

According to sources, the remains of the officers have been deposited at the   General Hospital mortuary in Kubwa while the injured officer was taken to an unknown  hospital for treatment.

Confirming the incident in a statement, the Deputy Police Public Relations Officer of the FCT Police Command, ASP Marian Yusuf, said  the Commissioner of Police, Mr Bala Ciroma, had ordered investigation into the  incident.