By AFAYO SHADRACH BETHEL

Police in Mbale are investigating the case of a man who was shot dead in front of his family yesterday morning in Bungokho sub-county.

The deceased identified as David Masaba, a boda boda rider, was shot dead in Nashikhaso village.

Masaba’s wife narrated that they were awakened in the early hours of Wednesday morning when she heard their children raising an alarm only to find a man standing in their compound with a gun.

But before she could rush back into their house to warn her husband, he emerged from inside trying to confront the intruder who immediately shot him dead.

The area councillor, Tony Wamagale described Masaba’s murder as a great shock to the sub county and the district as a whole.