A 58-year-old Wildlife Resource Guard, Richard Otwey, has been shot dead by a suspected poacher during a patrol operation at the Kakum Forest Reserve in the Assin South District of the Central Region.
The deceased, who was attached to the Kakum Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission, was on patrol with two other forestry guards when they reportedly encountered two men hunting inside the protected forest.
The incident occurred on Saturday, August 22, 2026, at the Assin Kruwa portion of the reserve.
Police received information about the shooting at about 8:25 a.m. and proceeded to the scene with officials of the Forestry Commission’s Wildlife Division.
Upon arrival, the team found Richard Otwey’s body lying under a wawa tree, about 60 metres from the boundary of the reserve, with a gunshot wound to the chest.
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