Michel Camp cop shooting: Key suspect gunned down, Five others nabbed

A key suspect in Monday night’s killing of a police constable, Michael Kporyi at Michel Camp has been gunned down during a shootout with police.

The suspect identified only as, Dogo America, was trailed upon a tip-off to his home at Washington a suburb of Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region.

According to the police, based on intelligence gathered, they located the house but upon arrival, there was no sign of him in any of the rooms. While the police were about leaving,he suddenly dropped from a ceiling armed with an SMG with an aim to shoot but was subdued by one of the armed personnel.

Three AK 47 rifles together with the SMG loaded with 20 rounds of ammunition and 12 other rounds of ammunition among a cache of weapons, were retrieved upon thorough search.

Five suspects including Dogo’s wife have since been arrested and are currently in police custody while his body has since been sent to the police hospital morgue as investigations continue.

Constable Kporyi was shot and killed by unknown assailants while on patrol duties at about 9:30 pm on Monday.

Two armed persons suspected to be robbers on an unregistered motorbike trailed and shot him at close range killing him instantly.

It is not known the intent of his attackers but they were reported to have fled immediately he was gunned down from his patrol motorbike with registration number GP4350.

A fully loaded AK47 rifle, one pepper spray; a pair of handcuffs and a torch light were found on him when his colleagues arrived at the scene.