A team is investigating an incident where a man
was shot dead after allegedly attempting to snatch a firearm from police
officers at the main gate of the National Police B Campus in Embakasi, Nairobi.
According to police, the incident occurred at Gate D on Saturday at approximately 6:57 am, when an unidentified adult male approached officers manning the entrance and allegedly tried to forcibly seize one of their firearms.
During the confrontation, the man reportedly stabbed the General Service Unit police constable in the neck, seriously injuring him, police said.
The other officers present responded by shooting the assailant in the head.
He succumbed to his injuries at the scene.
The injured officer was rushed to Reale Hospital before being referred to Modern Komarock Hospital for further treatment.
The scene was processed and documented by the Embakasi Crime Scene Investigation team, while the deceased’s body was moved to Nairobi Funeral Home pending identification and further investigations.
The circumstances surrounding the man’s actions and the motive for the alleged attack remain under investigation, police said on Monday.
Police said they were profiling the said assailant for more information on him. His motives were not immediately known.
Such incidents are rare. Police said they want to know more on the man’s motives.
The team also wants to know if the slain man and the injured cop knew each other.
Elsewhere, police in Chogoria, Tharaka-Nithi county, have arrested a 75-year-old man after he allegedly brandished a pistol and fired a live round at officers and auctioneers executing a court order at his residence.
The incident occurred on September 11, 2026, in Maara Subcounty.
According to police officers, the OCS had accompanied Clear Real Auctioneers to provide security during the execution of a court order issued by the Chief Magistrate’s Court Small Claims Court in Meru.
The order, issued on August 24, 2026, in SCCOM Case No. E46 of 2024, authorised the auctioneers to break into the residence and attach proclaimed household items belonging to the firearm holder to recover a decretal amount of Sh1,125,085.
The man was initially absent from his residence as the auctioneers began breaking open the main door and removing the items.
Police said he later arrived in a Mercedes-Benz vehicle and began protesting the auction. He allegedly blocked the lorry that was to transport the attached property.
He then reportedly entered the house and emerged holding a Glock pistol, which he allegedly used to threaten to shoot the police officers and auctioneers.
Reinforcements were called, and a team of DCI officers responded.
Police said the man continued brandishing the firearm and ordering the officers and auctioneers to leave his compound, allegedly calling them thieves.
The officers eventually managed to disarm him. During the process, he allegedly discharged one round of live ammunition in their direction. No injuries were reported.
Police recovered a Glock pistol, five live 9mm rounds and one spent cartridge.
He was arrested and escorted to Chogoria Police Station, where he was placed in custody.
He is being investigated for alleged possession of a firearm whose licence expired on July 4, 2022, obstructing police officers while performing their lawful duties and threatening to kill.
