An armed and dangerous thug responsible for a series of robberies in Nairobi’s Eastlands area, was last night shot dead at Mathare’s Mlango Kubwa area, in a fierce exchange of fire with police.
According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the thug only known as Vinnie was ambushed by detectives from the DCI Starehe as he was heading for another robbery mission.
“Vinnie, as he was popularly known by his associates in crime had no room for escape as he came face to face with the battle-hardened sleuths based at DCI Starehe, whose excellent record in dealing with armed miscreants speaks for itself,” the DCI said.
Earlier, the sleuths had laid a trap for Vinnie who was headed for his usual nocturnal adventures and immediately after he was ordered to stop he defied the ultimatum, reached for his firearm and began shooting indiscriminately as he attempted to escape.
“Nonetheless, his shots missed our men who had taken cover in a drainage trench, prompting the section commander to return the provocation with lethal accuracy Prrrrr! rat-taat-taaat! taaaat! escorting Vinnie’s soul for judgement with a volley of blaring gunfire, that echoed across the Mathare valley in the dead of the night!”
The fallen thug who was on police radar for the past few months had violently snatched a motorbike from a boda boda rider, robbing the man who was fending for his family their only means of livelihood.
“A retay falcon pistol loaded with two rounds of 9mm calibre and five spent cartridges were recovered following the shootout,” the DCI noted.
Meanwhile, the thug’s body is lying at City mortuary awaiting post-mortem, identification and collection.
