24-year-old student shot dead in Gulu city

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Police in Gulu City are investigating the murder of a 24-year-old student who was gunned down by unknown assailants on the night of September 24, 2025.

Oscar Obidoko, a student of Labora Institute, was killed at about 9:30pm at Rom cell, Acoyo ward, in Laroo-Pece division.

He had reportedly gone to cover moulded bricks from the rain when he was attacked.

Aswa West region Police spokesperson David Ongom Mudong said officers rushed to the scene, but the gunmen had already fled.

Detectives documented the scene, recorded statements from witnesses, and conveyed the body to Gulu Regional Referral Hospital for postmortem.

“The motive of the shooting has not yet been established. We condemn such cowardly acts of killing unarmed innocent civilians and urge the public to remain calm as our intelligence teams actively gather clues. The suspects will soon be apprehended and brought to book,” Mudong said.

He appealed to residents with any information that could lead to the arrest of the assailants to confidentially share it with the Police.

Murder by shooting statistics

A total of 188 cases of murder by shooting were reported to the Police countrywide in 2024, compared to 300 cases reported in 2023, giving a 37% decrease in the reported cases in this category countrywide, according to the 2024 annual crime report by the Police.

Out of the total cases reported, 34 cases were taken to Court, 26 cases were not proceeded with, while 128 cases are still under inquiry. A total of 205 persons were shot dead, of whom 178 were male adults, 19 were female adults, 07 male juveniles, and one was a female Juvenile.

By the end of 2024, 23 cases of murder by shooting were still pending in Court, awaiting trial.