This archive report was first published on 8 August 2019.
On August 8, 2019, the Special Crime Prevention Unit (SCPU) engaged in a fatal shootout with a suspected gangster and his female accomplice in Kariobangi South, Nairobi County.
According to the Director of Criminal Investigation (DCI), the suspect, David Gitau Kimani, was ordered to open the door and surrender but instead he fired at the detectives.
Police said the suspect fired eight rounds at them before being shot dead inside the accomplice's house near Dr Mwenje School.
The sleuths managed to recover a pistol and 18 live rounds of ammunition from the slain suspect.
