DCI Shoot Dead Armed Thug During Gunfight In Nairobi Traffic

An armed thug was shot dead in a fierce exchange of gunfire pitting two thugs against detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) based at Makadara division in Nairobi.

The DCI reported that the gunfight came after the sleuths on routine patrol and with a nose for thugs, spotted a suspicious motorbike parked close to the exit of La Enzy Mall in South B and pursued it. 

The thugs who immediately smelt a rat engaged the DCI officers in a street chase and began shooting in the air as they made their escape towards Nairobi West.

A robber holding a gun. /FILE

However, the traffic along the busy road slowed them down granting the sleuths the best advantage in recent days. 

"The duty Corporal in charge Kemei (not real name) immediately leapt out of the vehicle, whipped out his pistol that had been carefully secured in its waist holster, chambered a round leaving a Ch-chaak! sound following the firearm’s pump-action and set off on foot after the bike. Two of his men who were not as fast followed at a distance. 

"Kemei, a lanky, long-legged former physical fitness trainer in Kiganjo, went after the bike with long strides as motorists who were stuck in traffic stared in awe, as the action unfolded," stated the DCI in part.

The corporal shouted at the two thugs, ordering them to stop, but they continued shooting in the air as they scared motorists to give them way.

As they approached Nairobi West, corporal Kemei was breathing down their necks and it was only a matter of time before he brought the bike down.

The motorbike had hit a pavement and began wobbling, leaving the armed thug on the tarmac, as the rider miraculously regained stability and disappeared.

"Instead of giving himself up to Kemei who was down on one knee 10 metres away with his firearm pointed at him, the thug reached for his trigger prompting a deafening response from Kemei’s crew, as they covered fire from behind panting like a run-down hare from a chase in the grassland savanna," added the DCI.

A Jericho pistol loaded with 11 rounds of ammunition was recovered from the fallen thug. 

Corporal Kemei told his men who were sweating profusely from the high-octane exercise to work on improving their physical fitness, as they boarded their police vehicle after handing over the scene to their counterparts from South B Police station.

On the same night, their fellow DCI officers shot dead a robber as he and an accomplice escaped a scene of the crime where they had attacked a man at gunpoint at Githurai 44.