Umugabo w’imyaka 64 wo mu mujyi wa Richmond yatawe muri yombi nyuma yo gukekwaho guhambira umugore we ku ntebe akoresheje tepi, akamusiga mu cyumba cyo hasi cy’inzu yabo kugira ngo abashe kureba umukino w’umupira w’amaguru atabangamiwe.
Uwo mugabo ukekwaho icyaha, witwa Terry Ward, yatawe muri yombi nyuma y’uko polisi ihamagajwe nijoro kubera amakimbirane yo mu rugo. Ibi byabereye mu nzu iri mu gace ka Maplewood Avenue, ahagana kuri nimero 2200, muri Richmond.
Nk’uko bigaragara mu kirego cy’inshinjabyaha cya Polisi ya Richmond cyabonwe na Virginia Statewide Incidents, abapolisi bageze ahabereye ikibazo ahagana saa tanu n’igice z’ijoro kugira ngo bakore iperereza ku makimbirane yo mu rugo.
Abapolisi bahageze bafashe ubuhamya bw’umugore mukuru, wabasobanuriye ibihe bikomeye kandi biteye ubwoba yari amaze hagati y’iminota 30 na 45. Yababwiye ko umugabo we yamuhambiriye ku ntebe yari mu cyumba cyo hasi, akoresheje umukandara.
Umupolisi wakoze iperereza yanditse mu kirego ko ibimenyetso bifatika byari bihari bishyigikira ibyo uwo mugore yavuze. Muri ibyo bimenyetso harimo ibimenyetso byari bigaragara ku mubiri we ndetse n’ibisigazwa by’umukandara ifata byari ku maboko ye yombi.
Hakurikije inyandiko z’urukiko, Ward yemeye imbere y’abapolisi ko yari yahambiriye umugore we ku ntebe akamushyira mu cyumba cyo hasi. Umupolisi yanditse mu kirego ko Ward yavuze ko koko ari we wabikoze.
Amakuru yatanzwe n’abantu bazi iby’uru rubanza avuga ko mu gihe umugore we yari akiri mu cyumba cyo hasi, Ward yasubiye hejuru mu nzu kugira ngo arebe umukino ari wenyine.
Nyuma y’uko polisi itabaye, Ward yatawe muri yombi ndetse ashinjwa ku mugaragaro icyaha gikomeye cyo gushimuta umuntu n’icyaha cyo kugirira nabi umwe mu bagize umuryango.
Inyandiko zo mu Rukiko rw’Akarere rwa Richmond rushinzwe iby’urubyiruko n’imibanire y’imiryango zigaragaza ko Ward ateganyijwe kongera kwitaba urukiko ku ya 10 Ugushyingo 2026.
