The suspect
THE LIFE of a three-year-old girl at Sokoban-Krofrom near Kumasi, in the Ashanti Region, is hanging by a thread as she has suffered severe gunshot wounds in her face.
The suspect, name withheld, was said to be playing with a locally manufactured pistol when he mistakenly pulled the trigger, shooting his cousin, name withheld, at close range.
The unfortunate incident, reportedly, happened around 7:54pm on July 6, 2025 and the victim has since been admitted at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH).
“That she has been rushed to KATH, where she has been admitted receiving treatment,” part of the Ashanti Central District crime Sitrep, which the DAILY GUIDE has spotted, disclosed.
It said one Angela Pokua, mother of the juvenile suspect, was tasked by the police to produce her son for necessary action as police are still investigating the shooting incident.
Regina Osei Boadi, who is the landlady of the house where the shooting occurred, and her son, Akwasi Kyeretwie Boadi, aged 26, have been detained for investigation to unravel the ownership of the pistol.
The police report said “On 06/07/2025 at 2335 hours, Kingsley Kwadwo Appiah of Paraku Estate Atasemanso-Kumasi, reported that same date about 2220 hours, he received a call from her mother in-law, Regina Osei Boadi, aged 64 years, that his three-year-old daughter, who lives with the mother in-law at Sokoban-Krofrom because of the demise of the mother, had sustained gunshot injuries at her left eye from a locally manufactured pistol mistakenly fired by her cousin, grandson of the mother in-law.”
The police proceeded to the scene “and spot enquiries revealed that, on the said date about 1955 hours, juvenile suspect was fidgeting with a locally manufactured pistol and it accidentally fired, and some pellets hit the victim at the left of the face, resulting in the injuries.”
The report said the suspect had alleged that he took the pistol from a store room in their house, but could not disclose the owner of the pistol, reiterating that the landlady and her son have been nabbed to help determine the owner of the gun.
The victim, according to the police, is on admission responding to treatment, adding that “The scene was found to have been cleaned but six pellets and the locally manufactured pistol were retrieved.”
FROM I.F. Joe Awuah, Kumasi