{
  "id": 4603355,
  "title": "GSU officer linked to fatal shooting of woman at camp in State Lodge in Eldoret arrested",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/gsu-officer-linked-to-fatal-shooting-of-woman-at-camp-in-state-lodge",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T08:02:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KahawaTungu",
    "slug": "kahawatungu",
    "url": "https://kahawatungu.com/gsu-officer-linked-to-fatal-shooting-of-woman-at-camp-in-state-lodge-in-eldoret-arrested/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A GSU police constable attached to the Uasin Gishu governor as a bodyguard was arrested on Sunday night in the Kaptinga area after shooting and killing a 45-year-old woman named Doris Murei at the State Lodge in Eldoret. The officer had escaped from the scene of the shooting earlier on Sunday evening. He was found with a pistol and an injury on his left forefinger, which is suspected to have been sustained during the incident. The woman had been drinking alcohol at the time of the altercation. Police are currently investigating the shooting that occurred at the GSU Mess compound within the State Lodge.",
  "summary": "A General Service Unit (GSU) police constable who had been accused of shooting and killing a woman in an altercation within a camp at the State Lodge in Eldoret was arrested hours later. The General Service Unit (GSU) officer was attached to Uasin Gishu governor as a bodyguard. He was arrested Sunday night in the [...] The post GSU officer linked to fatal shooting of woman at camp in State Lodge…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "KahawaTungu",
        "title": "GSU officer fatally shoots woman at State Lodge in Eldoret",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/gsu-officer-fatally-shoots-woman-at-state-lodge-in-eldoret",
        "published": "2026-08-31T05:26:50.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}