According to reports, the assemblyman has since been arrested and is currently in police custody, assisting with an investigation. The suspect is reported to have said that he had been on high alert for some time after 35 bags of cocoa were stolen from his shop. He added that around 2 a.m. on Wednesday, 21 August 2024, while watching over his shop, he saw three suspects attempting to break in. When they tried to escape upon realising his presence, he fired in their direction, hitting two of the suspects while the third escaped.