Police are investigating an incident where a Kisii-based businessman shot and killed his girlfriend before turning the gun on himself in Kisii Town.
The motive of the incident was not immediately known, police said.
The man identified as Vincent Michieka first shot and killed his girlfriend Veronica Morande, 30 before he turned the gun on himself and burst his head in the Friday night incident, police said.
Mosioma was a licensed gun holder.
The two bodies with bullet wounds were brought to the Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital mortuary on Friday night, attendants said.
Kisii County Police Commander Charles Kases said it is suspected that a man killed his girlfriend around 11:30 pm before turning the gun on himself.
He said a shooting incident report was received from a Bodaboda rider chairman of the Safaricom Shop Stage within Kisii Town.
The security team visited the scene and found that the woman had been fatally shot in the neck.
It was further established that the suspect had also shot himself in the head, Kases said.
Police recovered a Berreta pistol with 13 rounds of 9mm ammunition and two spent cartridges from the scene.
The woman ran a business at the scene where she was killed.
The pistol and spent cartridges were preserved as exhibits pending further probe.
Police say such cases are triggered by trauma coupled by societal fears.
