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Police in the Central Region have started an investigation into the incident of where a businessman was robbed and shot dead in broad day at Kasoa Opeikuma junction Wednesday afternoon around 1:30 PM.
The Central Regional Police PRO, Irene Oppong explained that the Kasoa Divisional Police Command received a report that a man aged about 45, had been shot by an unidentified male suspect who was a pillion rider on a motorcycle close to the Opiekuma traffic lights.
Police proceeded to the crime scene, found the man and rushed him to the Kasoa Polyclinic where he was pronounced dead.
According to her, an Initial investigation revealed that two men on a black Royal Motor Bike at Opeikuma junction traffic light and the pillion rider armed with a short gun got down from the motorbike, attacked the deceased who was coming from the opposite direction of the road, collected some brown envelope he was holding and shot him on the chest.
Body of the deceased has been deposited at Police Hospital Mortuary in Accra for preservation, identification and autopsy.
The case is under investigation.
She appealed to the residents in the Kasoa and its environment to assist the police in investigations to arrest the killers and also assist the police to identify the victim.
