A criminal who was robbing city residents of their valuables at gun point was gunned down as two of his accomplices fled the scene with gunshot wounds.
“The suspect who was felled by our agents’ fire could not be immediately identified as he had no identification documents with him,” DCI said.
“In the wee hours today morning, detectives received a distress call through our #FichuakwaDCI hotline, that a marauding gang had staged a robbery in Harmony area, where they were attacking innocent residents with reckless abandon,” said DCI.
According to the DCI, the call was actioned to their Dandora based sleuths who responded on time, just as the thugs were attacking a woman who was headed home.
“The cornered thugs whose party had just been ruined, opened fire towards the fast advancing officers as they fled the scene.
“But the officers’ response was fierce and precise, leaving the brave suspect fatally wounded.
“His cowardly accomplices, who will live to tell the story of how their master lost his life after challenging law enforcement agents to a duel, dived into a sewer channel and swum through the sludge towards Njiru,” DCI said.
DCI said that detectives are hot on their trail. The woman who had been attacked by the thugs was escorted home by the officers.
According to DCI, Luckily, she did not suffer any injuries. The scene was visited by top DCI & police commanders from Buruburu police division and was processed by crime scene detectives.
