This archive report was first published on 17 December 2019.
On December 16, 2019, a dramatic shootout unfolded in Kayole, Nairobi, leaving two suspected gangsters dead and several others injured.
According to eyewitnesses, the suspects had stolen a motor vehicle in Kiambu and were being trailed by police when they opened fire, sparking a shootout.
During the chaos, six people suffered bullet wounds and were rushed to Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital, while the driver of the car died from fatal gunshot wounds.
Police recovered a gun, ammunition, and crude weapons at the scene, which they believe were used in the car theft.
The injured officer was taken to hospital for treatment, and the two bodies of the slain suspects were taken to the City Mortuary for postmortem.
