The two persons involved in a
shooting incident at Ayeduase, near the Kwame Nkrumah University of
Science and Technology (KNUST), in Kumasi, have died at various hospitals they
were admitted to.
Francis Zabanga, 31, said to be
Ghanaian-American shot at the belly of his victim, ‘aboboyaa’ driver,
Kwame Amoah, 52, and also shot himself in the head.
The two, who were in critical
condition, were rushed to the intensive care units of the KNUST hospital and
Konfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), on Tuesday, after the incident.
Assistant Superintendent of
Police (ASP) Godwin Ahyiano, Head of the Command’s Public Affairs Unit,
confirmed to the Ghanaian Times, on Wednesday, that the two had passed on.
Earlier, eyewitnesses claimed a
woman was about to cross the Ayeduase road when she suddenly saw an oncoming
KIA private car, with Zabanga in-charge.
Amoah, in an attempt to save the
situation tried to cross the car and in the process scratched it (private
car).
According to the eyewitnesses,
Amoah endeavoured to talk to the driver to exercise patience when driving, but
Zabanga became offended, pulled a foreign pistol from the car, alighted and
shot at the belly of Amoah three times.
Zabanga went back into his car but he was prevented from
moving out by onlookers till the police arrived.
On seeing the police, Zabanga
was said to have pointed the gun to his head and pulled the trigger in an
attempt to kill himself.
Other eyewitnesses account had it
that Zanbaga was recklessly driving, which prompted Amoah to talk to him to
exercise caution, but Zabanga became offended and slapped him.
Amoah, the source indicated
returned the slap, and Zabanga rushed for his gun and shot at his victim.
The incident happened in front
of the Access Bank at Ayeduase. Reports suggest that initially, onlookers
thought it was a bank robbery.
“The police arrived at the scene
and asked Zabangato to step out of the car. He was still holding the gun, so he
shot himself in the head,” an eyewitness said.
“I saw the aboboyaa rider moved
in to tell the driver to drive cautiously on the busy road when he was caught
in traffic, and suddenly there was a gunshot,” another eye witness claimed.
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