Adeiso: Police gun down mentally deranged man after killing granny

The Upper West Akim Police Command of the Ghana Police Service has gunned down a 35-year-old mentally challenged man said to have murdered his 94-year-old grandmother at Domponiase in the Upper West Akim District of the Eastern Region.

According to residents, the suspect, whose name was given as Paa Kwesi, was chained at a prayer camp around Adeiso before he fled home on Sunday, August 20 to commit the heinous crime.

He managed to pull the chain off at the Prayer Camp and dashed to the family house.

On arrival at the premises, he murdered the aged grandmother, Yaa Ameyawo, and tried attacking his cousin, identified as Agbesi, who wanted to rescue the aged grandmother.

The police were called in to save the situation.

On arrival at the scene, the suspect turned the attack on them.

However, the police responded with a gun by shooting him in the leg, resulting in his death.

The two bodies have since been deposited at the Nsawam Government Hospital.

The injured cousin to the victim is also at the same facility receiving health care.