{"id":6509,"date":"2025-06-16T20:34:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T20:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/?p=6509"},"modified":"2025-06-16T20:34:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T20:34:00","slug":"boy-shoots-policeman-dad-dead-in-anambra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/06\/16\/boy-shoots-policeman-dad-dead-in-anambra\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy shoots policeman dad dead in Anambra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6457\" src=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OIP-4-300x168.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OIP-4-300x168.webp 300w, https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OIP-4.webp 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Amah<\/p>\n<p>Kindly share:<\/p>\n<p>By Publisher<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Kindly Share:<\/p>\n<p>Amechi Okolie,\u00a0 a Police Inspector,\u00a0\u00a0was in Monday allegedly shot dead by his 10-year-old son with an AK-47 rifle.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The deceased officer was on duty when the little boy accidentally shot him dead. while on duty in Awka, Anambra State.<\/p>\n<p>A younger sibling of the boy, who was on the scene, sustained injuries.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, issued by SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the spokesperson of state police command in Awka, on\u00a0Monday, partly read: \u201cThe incident occurred about 9:40 p.m. on Sunday, June 15, while the officer was on duty at the bank, located along Zik Avenue by Okeke Street in Awka, when his sons paid him a visit at work.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nHe said the 10-year-old son (names withheld) was allegedly playing with the weapon and had no idea it operated when he pulled the trigger from behind his father and fatally hit him in the spine.<\/p>\n<p>Ikenga said the bullet also struck his youngest brother, Emmanuel, aged 6, who was injured in the back and right hand.<\/p>\n<p>The Police spokesperson said the victims were immediately rushed to Amaku Specialist Teaching Hospital, Awka, where Emmanuel is responding to treatment.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cSadly, the officer was pronounced dead on arrival,\u201d Tochukwu\u00a0 disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the command said it had condoled with the family of the late Okolie over the tragic incident while the killer\u00a0weapon had been retrieved and secured while the case had been brought before the Central Police Station (CPS) in Awka for investigation.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Amah Kindly share: By Publisher Kindly Share: Amechi Okolie,\u00a0 a Police Inspector,\u00a0\u00a0was in Monday allegedly shot dead by his&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1459],"class_list":["post-6509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-boy-shoots-police-dad-dead"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.8 - 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