Constable Stephen Kimani of Molo police station followed the woman to Nakuru Town where he shot her seven times after an argument before turning the gun on himself.
The bodies of Kimani and his 25 year old girlfriend identified as Susan Njeri were found on Kanu Street with an AK 47 rifle with 11 bullets beside them. The motive of the shooting is believed to be a love triangle.
Police moved the bodies to the mortuary pending a probe into the incident.
Last week, a policeman attached to the presidential escort unit shot dead his girlfriend before turning the gun on himself in Nairobi’s Tom Mboya street after a disagreement. The woman died on the spot while the officer succumbed to his injuries in hospital.
Elsewhere, a policeman has been arrested in Laare police station, Meru County after he lost his G3 rifle with 60 bullets in unclear circumstances. The officer had been in a bar in uniform and armed in the area before he went to bed late in the night but when he woke up he found the weapon missing.
Meanwhile, two suspected thugs were last evening shot dead in Bahati area, Nairobi and two pistols found on them in a botched robbery incident. Police say the two were part of a gang of four that had been attacking and robbing locals when an alarm was raised.
This alerted police who were on patrol. The officers rushed there and managed to kill two while the other accomplices managed to escape on foot.
The bodies were moved to the mortuary.
-Cyrus Ombati