The Uganda police force has broken silence on the shooting incident involving former Uganda Cranes Captain Geoffrey Massa.
Reports of the shooting made rounds on social media this morning, with many people giving false News of a death by shooting of a female friend to Massa.
However, according to a statement released by Emilian Kayima, the Kampala metropolitan police spokesperson, the lady sustained a bullet wound.
How it all happened;
Last night July 13th, 2017, there was an incident in which police on patrol suspecting a parked vehicle along the high way on the Nambole Fly Over, stopped and wanted to talk to the occupants.
It’s reported that the driver, Geofrey Massa sped off in a rushsending more suspicion. In an attempt to stop them, officers attempted to shoot the tyres of the vehicle and subsequently injured the lady in the vehicle.
He, Geoffrey Massa suddenly stopped, almost hit another motorist and allegedly hit his forehead on the windscreen, injuring himself.
He rushed to a nearby clinic called GWATIRO and he has received medical attention. The woman friend, one JosephineMaliza, appropriately 25 years old got a bullet wound and is equally getting treatment at the same facility.
She is not dead, not even in critical condition according to reports got from the medical teams handling them.
The police have opened a General Inquiry File (GEF) to establish the truth behind the incident. We shall keep all informed accordingly.
