NEW details have emerged on the events that led to the fatal shooting of a police officer in Thika, Kiambu county.
Constable Bernard Koome of Spiv in Thika was on Wednesday shot and killed in a botched robbery.
The incident happened in Kianjau area at about 4 pm.
He was in the company of colleagues when he was shot in the neck.
Spiv consists of undercover cops who patrol towns to contain crime.
The officers were within Cravers area when they sighted a suspicious motorcycle and intercepted it.The rider abandoned it and started to run away, police said.
He then knelt down pretending to surrender as the two police officers approached him.
The suspect drew a gun and started firing as the officers who were caught off-guard took cover.
He shot Koome in the neck as he escaped on foot, witnesses and police said.The colleagues pursued the gunman, who continued firing in the air as he was escaped, witnesses and police said.
One officer, who was not armed picked, Koome’s pistol and pursued the suspect for a short while before he vanished.
The suspect hijacked a boda boda rider who had carried a passenger and ordered him off the motorcycle.
A video that captured the drama showed the suspect approach the rider at gun point and take control of the motorcycle before riding off.
By then, Constable Koome had been rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival, police said.A major operation was conducted in the area in vain.Police said two spent cartridges of 9mm calibre were found at the scene.
A Czeska pistol magazine was also recovered loaded with seven rounds of ammunition.
The recovered bullets were sent for ballistics tests as the hunt on the suspect goes on.
Police said no arrest was
made. The hunt on the suspect is ongoing.The suspect is believed to be among those
terrorising residents in the area.
