Police on Sunday held lawyer Assa Nyakundi after he accidentally shot to death his son in Nairobi.
Mr Nyakundi, who reported the incident to the police, said he was travelling to his Muthaiga North house from church with his son, 29, in the back seat of his Toyota Axio car.
As they neared his house, he said he leaned back to retrieve his pistol from a seat pouch and accidentally shot his son in the chest.
He said the son was pronounced dead on arrival at the Aga Khan Hospital where he took him immediately after the shooting incident.
The lawyer was held to help with investigations.