A police officer is nursing injuries after he was shot after a fierce shootout in Kayole, Soweto area, Nairobi which left one suspect fatally wounded.
According to Kayole Police boss Paul Wambugu, the suspect was shot during the shootout and authorities managed to recover a pistol suspected to have been used in the murder of Makadara DCI officer David Mayaka in the area last week.
John Kerori Kamau alias Jonte was shot dead during a joint operation by detectives from Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau (CRIB), Nairobi Area and Njiru DCI.
‘Jonte’ is believed to be behind a spate of robberies in Nairobi and its environs. A CZ pistol serial number B626735 loaded with 12 rounds of ammunition recovered.
The suspect was cornered and ordered to surrender but instead according police, he opened fire, injuring one of the officers who was involved in the operation.
“The officer was shot on the left thigh and rushed to Komarock Modern Hospital for treatment,” Nairobi police commander Adamson Bungei said.
He was then shot dead and police recovered a bag containing assorted phones believed to have been stolen from other members of the public
Detectives had been trailing Jonte for about two weeks after he, in the company of two others, shot dead Constable Mayaka in an ambush on August 8, as he was replacing his punctured car tyres.
Since then, Jonte has been moving to different houses within Kayole, according to the detectives who were involved in the operation.
His other accomplice Alex Wanjiru, 23, was last week arrested hiding in his grandmother’s house in Kikuyu, Kiambu County.
Wanjiru was arrested on Tuesday, August 15 out of his hideout in Ruthingiti, Kiambu County.
Police said he had escaped from Kayole immediately after the incident and sought refuge at his grandmother’s home in Ruthingiti, Kikuyu sub-county, before detectives tracked him down.
A team of detectives handling the matter say they have placed the two at the crime scene and recovered the motorbike used as the gateway means during the incident.
The recovery of the motorcycle came after the team conducted thorough forensic investigations that placed the suspect and his accomplices at the scene of the incident, at the exact time of the murder.
The DCI boss Mohammed Amin said a comprehensive analysis conducted by ballistic experts based at the DCI National Forensic Lab has since linked the firearm that fired the fatal shot to five other previous robbery incidents in the city.
Detectives are now tracking down the third suspect, Henry Njihia, who has been missing since then.
Detective Mayaka who was based at DCI Makadara was driving home in the company of his wife Hellen Kemunto Mayaka on August 8, at around 10pm when they were accosted by the three-man gang riding on a motorbike.
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