Police gun down one armed robber as two other escape in Mathare shoot out
One suspected armed robber was shot dead by the police yesterday night in a robbery attempt within Mathare area in Nairobi County.
This is after the suspect defied police order and opened fire at them resulting to a shootout.
According to the Directorate of Criminal Invastigation (DCI), three armed robbers approached a female victim as she walked home in Mathare.
“With shopping stashed in her handbag, the lady had walked right into the jaws of the felonious pack, which subdued her immediately in an attempt to make a kill out of her sweat,” stated detectives.
The scuffle was witnessed by Pangani police officers who had been alerted to the escalating mugging events along the bridge and sprung into action.
Having beckoned the victim to a safe cover, the officers challenged the suspects to surrender, but the trio defied the lawful order.
Two of the suspects are said to have defied the order before taking off at top speed.
“Trail on the two suspects who escaped was fruitless, but recovery of two machetes and the victim’s handbag containing cash and shopping dropped by them as they beetled off was made,” the police added.
The police recovered a loaded pistol shortly after the shootout and two machetes and the victim’s handbag containing cash and shopping.
The recovered items have been handed over for ballistic examination and profiling.
