Tag Archives: SHOOTING

Police in the Upper East Region have justified the shooting of a female pillion rider by officers manning a checkpoint a few kilometers after Pwalugu. Laadi Wunia, who was the pillion rider, was reportedly shot in the waist and arm after the rider ignored an instruction by the police to …

Four gunmen stormed a church and opened fire on worshippers during an Easter service Saturday dawn, local police have confirmed. The incident occured at the Heaven Embassy Chapel International located in the Atwima Kwanwoma District town of Afrancho near the Ashanti Regional capital Kumasi. A patrol team from the Foase …

Another mass shooting in Khayelitsha left two men dead and three people injured on Friday night, Western Cape police said. Spokesperson Sergeant Wesley Twigg said they were shot in Mandela Park, Harare, shortly after 23:00. The dead men were 30 and 37 years old. A woman, 30, and two men, …

Two persons have been arrested in connection with a shooting incident that led to the death of one person, while eight others sustained gunshot wounds on April 1, 2022, at Asunafo in the Kwabeng District of the Eastern Region. Preliminary investigation established that the shooting incident occurred during a community …

The Ghana Prisons Service has said the investigations team tasked to investigate the circumstances leading to an incidental discharge of a gun by an officer in open court has concluded their investigation. On February 23, 2022, there was an accidental discharge of a gun which left the said prison officer …

Haphazard shooting by some irate men at Tweapease, a community in the Kwaebibrem District of Eastern Region, has led to the untimely death of a 45-year-old man called Eric Twumasi. The gunshot dismantled the head of the deceased causing his brain to ooze out of his skull. The Asuom Police …

Tomorrow, February 28 Ghana will mark the 74th anniversary of the 28th February Christianborg Crossroads shooting incident, which led to the killing of three war veterans in the colonial era. The landmark incident, which occurred in 1948, led to the killing of Sergeant Adjetey, Corporal Attipoe and Private Odartey Lamptey. …

A shooting incident at an Accra High Court this morning has temporarily brought the trial of the Canadian girls’ kidnappers to a standstill. The presiding judge at Criminal Court 5, Justice Lydia Osei Marfo immediately suspended proceedings and took to her heels after the shooting incident from the weapon of …

The Boachipe CHPS Compound has been shut down following an attack by a resident of the community Friday morning. The resident is alleged to have gone to the facility with a gun to shoot a staff of the facility. Information gathered by 3news.com indicates the man went ahead to fire …

The Tamale Circuit Court has remanded General Corporal, Samson Kweku Darfour, into police custody after he was charged with unlawful discharge of a weapon and causing harm when he shot the driver of Toyota Camry at the Lamashegu Chief’s palace. The Court has adjourned the case to the 24th of …