Geoffrey Massa, former Cranes striker has received treatment after he was shot at by Uganda police officers on patrol Wednesday night, he was running away almost being caught in indecent exposure.
Emilian Kayima, the Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson, says the incident happened after Massa, who had parked along Namboole Fly-over, suspiciously drove off toward the direction of Naalya, Kiwatule end of the Northern Bypass in his car Toyota Land Cruiser registration number UAY 627B. Cops asked him to open and he refused but then knocked the police bike as he tried to speed off, which prompted the officers to shoot at the car.
Massa sustained a few injuries and the female colleague in his car, Josephine Maliza was critically injured with a bullet trapped in one of her her buttocks.
Police said in a statement; “Last night July 13th, 2017, there was an incident in which police on patrol suspecting a parked vehicle along the high way on the Nambole Fly Over, stopped and wanted to talk to the occupants. It’s reported that the driver, Geofrey Massa sped off in a rush sending more suspicion.
In an attempt to stop them, officers attempted to shoot the tyres of the vehicle and subsequently injured the lady in the vehicle. He, Geoffrey Massa suddenly stopped, almost hit another motorist and allegedly hit his forehead on the windscreen, injuring himself. He rushed to a nearby clinic called GWATIRO and he has received medical attention.
The woman friend, one JOSEPHINE MALIZA, appropriately 25 years old got a bullet wound and is equally getting treatment at the same facility. She is not dead, not even in critical condition according to reports got from the medical teams handling them.”
Clubless footballer Massa and his official wife Judith stay in Kakajo, Kisaasi, Wakiso District.
