THE POLICE in Kumasi have retrieved a locally manufactured pistol that was used to shoot a female student at the Adventist Senior High School (SHS).
Suspect Bernard Amoabeng, 16 years old, a form two student, was arrested on Friday for shooting a female student of the school, Suzzy Pinamang, who is also in form two.
According to a police statement, sighted by THE NEW PUBLISHER, the gun, which belongs to Bernard’s father, is currently in police possession as exhibit for investigation.
The police release said Bernard took his father’s pistol to school on Friday and the gun accidentally fell on the ground and fired bullet pellets into the face of Suzzy, causing injuries to her.
Preliminary investigations, the police said “revealed that a 16 years old second year student (name withheld) brought a locally manufactured pistol, loaded with one BB ammunition to school.
“The student allegedly attempted to show the firearm to his classmate. During the exchange the firearm accidentally discharged, hitting another student”, adding, the victim is stable condition after being treated in the hospital.
DSP, Godwin Ahianyo, of the Ashanti Regional Police Public Affairs Unit, who wrote the release, said the juvenile suspect is in custody, noting that the empty cartridge has been recovered and retained as evidence.
He said “During the questioning, the suspect stated that he took the weapon from his father’s bedroom without his father’s knowledge. Authorities are actively working to locate and arrest the father to assist with the investigation”.
