A suspected thug was on Friday night shot dead in a botched robbery in Githurai 44 area .
At the time of his death, a pistol was found on him.
Police said the yet-to-be-identified miscreant had laid an ambush for a man who had just stopped at his apartment at Githurai 44 and was headed to his house for the night.
No sooner had the man stopped his vehicle and alighted to open the gate than the thug sprung from a row of dark structures opposite the gate training his firearm at the hapless man’s jugular.
In a videotape from the apartment’s CCTV, the thug was captured as he leaped with long strides and in haste after the man, while ordering him to empty all his pockets as he pointed the firearm at him.
After ransacking his pockets, a getaway motorbike arrived and the miscreant hopped on it as it sped away, in what appeared to be a well-calculated plan.
According to police, unknown to the gang, sleuths based at Kasarani who were on patrol had parked their car adjacent to a dark wall on a bend one kilometre away after doing several circuits.
And when the officers heard the distress call followed by police communication from control, the team headed towards the direction of the loud, male, panic screams.
Nairobi police boss Adamson Bungei said along the way towards Mokoe road, they saw a motorbike that made a sudden U-turn after spotting the respected hatchback, whose speed and efficiency in going after thugs has been preserved in a popular hit song.
And as the officers closed in on the bike, the armed thug suddenly disembarked and started running on foot towards a footpath while shooting towards the officers.
Left with no other option, one of the crime busters opened fire and silenced him, bringing the chase to an end.
The thug’s accomplice who rode the speeding bike with exasperation his behinds barely touching the seat as he bent forward as if to boost the bike’s waning machismo, managed to make his escape in a hair’s breadth.
Police said a Czeska pistol loaded with four rounds of 9mm calibre was recovered following the chase.
The body of the suspect is lying at the City morgue pending identification.
