Internet users in Sierra Leone have identified a female police officer whose gun was allegedly snatched by a former local music artiste, Foday Alieu, alias “Big Fish” in Freetown on Thursday. 

Sierraloaded previously reported how a shooting incident in Freetown on Thursday claimed the life of the local musician and left another person injured.

According to ACP Brima Sandi, Head of Media of the Sierra Leone Police Force, a female Police officer was on duty at United Bank of Africa (UBA) when the said Big fish entered the bank premises, grabbed the gun from her, and immediately opened fire at an open space (5shots) after he started shooting randomly.

After being confronted by the military officer, Big Fish fired shot at him but with the aid of the bullet proof he survived the shot and has no other alternative at the point but to fire back at him which led to his subsequent death.

The incident has attracted comments from citizens with many observers questioning how a harmless citizen was able to disarm a police officer.

A viral photo making rounds on social media showed a plus sized woman in the police uniform being escorted at the scene of the incident.  However, Sierraloaded could not independently verify if the officer in the photo was the person disarmed by Big Fish.

Below are some reactions from citizens to the photo: