Autopsy Suggests Nairobi Lawyer Assa Nyakundi Shot, Killed Son from Outside Car After Confrontation
An autopsy report carried out on the body of Joseph Nyakundi, the son of city lawyer Assa Nyakundi, has revealed that the 29-year-old was shot from outside the car.
The report contradicts lawyer Nyakundi’s statement recorded with the police, where he claimed to have shot him while trying to holster his firearm inside the car.
Nyakundi said his second-born son was seated on the back seat when he accidentally shot him in the chest.
The autopsy report shows Joseph succumbed to chest injuries and excessive bleeding due to a gunshot from a low-velocity firearm.
“The shot projection from the chest exiting at the back suggested that whoever shot him was standing outside the rear right back door of motor vehicle KCE 753B Toyota Axio which belongs to the father of deceased,” reads the report.
“The angle of shooting according to the projection could be ninety degrees, suggesting there was a confrontation.”
The autopsy has been done by government pathologist Dr. Johansen Oduor in the presence of the homicide team, and government chemists.
Also present were ballistic experts, forensic analysts from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), and lawyer Cliff Ombeta, who is representing Nyakundi.
On Tuesday, detectives
found two firearms and 471 rounds of ammunition during a raid of lawyer Nyakundi's house in Muthaiga North.
The raid was part of the ongoing investigations into circumstances under which the advocate allegedly accidentally shot and killed his son as they returned home from Church on Sunday afternoon.
Following the incident on Sunday, police officers confiscated the advocate's Glock pistol, which was loaded with 13 rounds of ammunition.
The 60-year-old lawyer was arrested and taken to Muthaiga Police Station but was later rushed to Nairobi Hospital after he suffered blood pressure complications. He is still recuperating at the facility.
The lawyer said the son was pronounced dead on arrival at the Aga Khan Hospital.