{"id":3261,"date":"2024-08-22T21:53:45","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T21:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=3261"},"modified":"2024-08-22T21:53:46","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T21:53:46","slug":"assemblyman-accused-of-fatally-shooting-two-men-for-stealing-cocoa-bags-in-kyekyewere-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=3261","title":{"rendered":"Assemblyman accused of fatally shooting two men for stealing cocoa bags in Kyekyewere East&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/mini_Gunn-696x390-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/mini_Gunn-696x390-1.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/mini_Gunn-696x390-1-300x168.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Assemblyman for Denkyira Kyekyewere in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality, Kwabena Boateng, has reportedly shot and killed two individuals suspected of stealing from his cocoa shed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident took place around 2:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to sources from Citi News, the suspects, identified as 16-year-old Razak and 20-year-old Agyaku, had been involved in the theft of cocoa bags from the Assemblyman\u2019s shed for some time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite multiple reports to the police, the thefts persisted, leading to the loss of 35 bags of cocoa.I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the night of the incident, the Assemblyman allegedly caught the suspects in the act of stealing once again and shot them, resulting in their immediate deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Family members of the deceased have expressed their shock and grief over the tragic event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mother of one of the suspects shared, \u201cHe is my son, and he is learning a trade. His boss called, asking him to return to work since he had not been attending for a while. I even cursed him and later took it back for not heeding my advice. The Agyaku guy was a bad influence on my son. They even stole from a queen mother.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Assemblyman for Denkyira Kyekyewere in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality, Kwabena Boateng, has reportedly shot and killed two individuals suspected of stealing from his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3261"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3263,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3261\/revisions\/3263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}