A firearm that was violently robbed from the Officer Commanding (OCS) Vihiga Police Station when a criminal gang attacked him while on patrol on December 21, 2023 has been recovered in Mwiki, Kasarani Sub-County.

One member of the gang from whose possession the Jericho pistol was recovered was also shot dead after a daring gunfight with DCI Operations team that was trailing them.

On the fateful, the gang had on the said date waylaid the OCS as he parked his car in Majengo market, reportedly descending on him with daggers and leaving him for the dead.

They then disappeared with his Jericho pistol loaded with 15 rounds of ammunition.

After days of surveillance, detectives from DCI Operations Directorate responded to an intelligence report by an anonymous caller who reported to have spotted a suspicious car occupied by three armed men at the KU farm in Mwiki.

“Stealthily approaching the scene, the hawkshaws realized it was the same suspects who had evaded several police dragnets after staging some attacks around the Capital,” the DCI says.

On challenging the suspects to surrender, two of the three ran away while one of them brandished a gun, leading to him being shot dead.

“His accomplices made it to the populated shopping centre and holed up but the police are hot on their trail. A KBZ 985T Nissan Note which the suspects were using was impounded alongside other exhibits that were found stashed in it,” the DCI adds.

The suspect’s body has been moved to the City Mortuary pending identification.