Security guard shoots self dead on Lumumba Avenue

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BY: @SmartAmbroseUg (0772572261)

Lira: Northern Uganda

 A security guard has reportedly shot himself dead at his duty station on Lumumba Avenue, Kampala, this morning

The male guard, who is yet to be identified but works for SGA security company, is believed to have shot himself dead at Mukwasi House on Lumumba Avenue

Police are on scene and have transported his body to the city mortuary for post-mortem as other investigators comb the scene.

This is the third fatal shooting involving members of either the armed forces or private security firms in under a month

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