Kenyan man dies of gunshot wound in US
A map showing Greenwich Street in Columbus, Ohio in the United States where a Kenyan man was shot by an unknown gunman on August 25, 2014. PHOTO | GOOGLE MAPS
What you need to know:
- Police and paramedics rushed to the scene and took Mr Mwangi to Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Centre, where he was pronounced dead.
- Neighbours said a man who lived in the same area as Mr Mwangi tried to resuscitate him.
Police in Columbus, Ohio, in the United States are investigating an incident where a 62-year-old Kenyan man was shot by an unknown gunman.
Meshack K. Mwangi was found with a gunshot wound on Greenwich Street at 11.51 pm on Monday night.
Police and paramedics rushed to the scene and took Mr Mwangi to Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Centre, where he was pronounced dead early Tuesday morning.
Neighbours said a man who lived in the same area as Mr Mwangi tried to resuscitate him.
“Soon after we heard the gunshot, we rushed out to find Mwangi’s neighbour performing CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation). Unfortunately, he didn’t make it,” said Jessica Green, who was among the first people to arrive at the scene.
HOMICIDE
On Tuesday evening, detectives from the Columbus police homicide department told the Nation by phone that they had no known suspect or motive in the shooting.
“All I can tell you is that we are pursuing several leads,” said an officer who did not wish to be identified as he was not authorised to speak to the media.
Mr Sam Kinyanjui, a son of the deceased, reportedly told a local newspaper, the Columbus Dispatch, that his mother was not ready to discuss Mr Mwangi’s death.
Court records seen by the Nation indicate that Mr Mwangi and Ruth Kinyanjui divorced in October last year after 33 years of marriage.
They were married in 1981 in Nairobi, Kenya.
The Columbus police department said Mr Mwangi's death was the city’s 64th homicide this year and appealed to anyone with any information on what could have led to the fatal shooting to call the homicide unit.
