A notorious criminal alleged to be the leader of a Ruai-based criminal gang was killed by police in Starehe, Nairobi on Wednesday, August 18.
The man identified as Paul Mureithi Naomi alias Muruthi is said to be behind several violent crimes in the area.
Muruthi was gunned down after detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Starehe precinct lay siege to his rented house in Ruai’s Githunguri.
Moreover, the detectives were purportedly acting on intelligence leads.
The officers reported that during the operation, one of them posed as a barter trader, popularly known as ”maree maree”, and approached Muruthi’s home to establish whether the wanted criminal was within the premises.
“Known for high level deception while smoking out hardened criminals, one of the detectives posing as a ‘mali mali’ dealer had approached the thug’s neighborhood shouting mareeeee, mareeeeee! while carrying some basins and laundry baskets,” the DCI said stated in a statement.
“He then knocked on the thug’s door repeatedly until the miscreant unlatched the door halfway. Niukugura mare? (Will you buy mare?) posed the officer. Dikwenda na dugoke guku ringi! (I don’t want and don’t come back here!)” Muruthi retorted as he banged the door.
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When the detectives confirmed he was home, they came back home a few moments later, seeking audience with the suspect.
However, Muruthi did not open the door but opted to opening fire at the detectives via his window which forced them to retaliate with deadly force.
“Moments later, the thug was subdued and the sleuths gained entry to the house, where his lifeless body was sprawled on the floor. A Ceska pistol serial number B 681256 loaded with four rounds of 9mm calibre was recovered, while 11 spent cartridges littered the scene,” said DCI.
Nonetheless, preliminary investigations established that the ceska pistol had been stolen from a registered civilian firearm holder a week ago, in an incident that saw the victim lose over Ksh. 500,000 in valuables.
Muruthi’s deceased body was moved to City Mortuary.