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According to police, a team had approached a home where the man was hiding on Monday afternoon prompting a shootout before he was felled.
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Two other suspects who were with him managed to escape on foot, police said.
A suspected wanted thug was Monday shot and killed in a confrontation with police in Kehancha, Migori county.
Police said they recovered a homemade gun with 13 bullets from the slain suspect while his two accomplices managed to escape.
Police said the slain suspect, 40, was wanted over claims of robberies and murder incidents within Kuria West.
According to police, a team had approached a home where the man was hiding on Monday afternoon prompting a shootout before he was felled.
Two other suspects who were with him managed to escape on foot, police said.
According to police, one wooden homemade gun, 13 rounds of 7.62mm special, one spent cartridge of 7.62mm special, one motorcycle and two smoke jackets were recovered from the suspect.
The suspect’s body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy.
In Masaba, Kehancha, police said a gang raided a homestead and robbed occupants of Sh50,000.
According to the victim, the gang also fired one round of ammunition at the backdoor of the house damaging it.
They later managed to escape on foot, police said.
A team that visited the site said they recovered one bullet head of 7.62mm special.
A hunt on the attackers is ongoing, police said.
A team of police officers manning a roadblock in the Godama area, Marsabit county recovered two AK47 rifle magazines, a sword and Sh82,000 from four suspects.
The four suspects were riding on a motorcycle when they were stopped on Monday night, police said.
A search on them led to the recovery of one AK47 empty magazine, one magazine loaded with 11 rounds of 7.62mm special, a sword and Sh82,900.
The four told police they were ferrying the items to a source who is being sought.
The incident happened along Odda-Bute road in Godama area, police said.
The highway is usually classified as a hot point for human, narcotics and gun trafficking.
Operations in the area have led to the recovery of many guns and stopped human and narcotics trafficking.
Police headquarters say more attention is being paid to the region to stop other crimes in the city and other places.
"If you can stop trafficking of guns and narcotics at that point you would have solved many other problems," said an official aware of the crackdown.