V/R: Man Shoots Himself Dead After Failed Attempt To Kill ‘Cheating’ Girlfriend

A man believed to be in his 30s has shot himself dead after he shot his girlfriend, Melody, who he caught with another man. The incident also happened at Alavanyo Wududi in the Hohoe Municipality of the Volta Region in the early hours of Wednesday, May 26, 2021. Residents say, Sampson Ataafi suspected the lady of cheating and

trailed her new boyfriend at about 1 am on the Tuesday, May 25. Witnesses say, Sampson Ataafi, upon realizing that his girlfriend was also in the new boyfriend’s room, opened fire on the lady through a trap door. After firing the gun, with the aim of killing the lady, Sampson shot himself and died in the process, thinking the lady had

been killed. Melody Owusu was then rushed to Margret Marquart Catholic Hospital in the Kpando for medical attention. A resident who narrated the incident said; I was told, the gentleman traced the girlfriend to the new boyfriend’s room. So he shot the girl through the trap door, but fortunately, the girl survived, but the bullet hit

her on the left breast. The man thought the woman was dead, so he then reloaded the gun and shot at himself, dying instantly.