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DCI say 'depression not cause of senior police officer son's own shooting'

The teenager used a Jericho pistol to take his own life, police said. [File, Standard]

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) says preliminary probe into the death of a senior police officer's son suggests he didn't have a depressing episode shortly before he shot himself on Sunday.

The 13-year-old son of Patrick King'ori Macharia, the North Eastern Deputy Regional Police Commander, allegedly shot himself in the head at their Ruai home in Nairobi County on October 2.

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