Officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) from Starehe Police Division, last night gunned down a suspected notorious city thug at Mathare’s Mlango Kubwa area in Eastlands.
According to a Wednesday, February 15 statement by DCI, the thug only identified as Vinnie walked into a trap laid by the top crime busters falling for it hook, line and sinker.
“Vinnie, as he was popularly known by his associates in crime had no room for escape as he came face to face with the battle-hardened sleuths based at DCI Starehe, whose excellent record in dealing with armed miscreants speaks for itself,” the statement by DCI read in part.
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Police say the suspected thug was ordered to surrender himself during a night raid but defied and resorted to shoot at the detectives who were there to arrest him.
“Earlier, the sleuths had laid a trap for Vinnie who was headed for his usual nocturnal adventures and immediately after he was ordered to stop, he defied the ultimatum, reached for his firearm and began shooting indiscriminately pap! pap! pap! pap! as he attempted to escape,” the DCI said.
The thug was gunned down while trying to flee the long arm of the law. Detectives say the robber had violently snatched a motorbike from a boda boda rider, robbing the man who was fending for his family their only means of livelihood.
“He was also part of an upcoming gang responsible for a series of armed robberies within Pangani, Mathare, Eastleigh and Huruma areas. A Retay Falcon pistol loaded with two rounds of 9mm caliber, and five spent cartridges were recovered following the shootout,” DCI said in a statement.
Meanwhile, the body of the suspected thug is lying at City mortuary awaiting postmortem, identification, and collection.
