The Ghana Police Service has taken into custody a seven-month-old pregnant woman and two others in connection with a shooting incident at Keri in the Nkwanta Municipality of the Oti Region.
The suspects — Bomie Dennis, 22; Charity Salisa, 25, who is seven months pregnant; and Kakotse Victoria, 22 — were arrested by a military team from the 66 Artillery Regiment in Ho and subsequently handed over to the police for further investigations.
According to police sources, the victims in the incident have been identified as Gasalege Kumi Salisa, 82, and his son, Amoah Gasalege Amoah, 42, both of Challa extraction.
Police reports indicate that on March 18, 2026, at about 2:30 p.m., officers received information that two persons had sustained gunshot wounds at Keri and had been rushed to the Nkwanta Municipal Hospital for treatment.
A police team proceeded to the facility and found the victims at the Emergency Ward with suspected pellet wounds to the head, chest, shoulders, and hands. Medical staff confirmed that both victims were responding to treatment.
Preliminary investigations revealed that at about 2:00 p.m. on the same day, the victims and their relatives were at their residence when unknown gunmen, believed to be of Akyode origin, opened fire on them, causing the injuries.
Further intelligence gathered around 3:45 p.m. suggested that some of the suspects had fled into nearby bushes.
A military team deployed a drone which detected individuals hiding in the area. The team pursued the suspects, leading to the arrest of three persons, while three others managed to escape.
Later that evening, at about 8:15 p.m., the suspects were officially handed over to the police by a military team led by Captain Nana Banyin Appiah Kubi of the 66 Artillery Regiment.
A search conducted at suspected hideouts led to the retrieval of several items, including four locally manufactured single-barrel guns, 63 AAA cartridges, 33 BB cartridges, one Royal Duck cartridge, a cartridge rack, two Samsung smartphones, an Itel keypad phone, three hanging bags, a schnapps bottle, two ECOWAS ID cards bearing the names Afreh Justice and Ntanso Kwabena, as well as a talisman, spanners, and other assorted tools.
The suspects are currently in police custody assisting with investigations, while the retrieved items have been retained as exhibits.
Police say efforts are underway to track down the remaining suspects who are currently on the run.
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