Police Shoot Dead Pastor in a Robbery With Violence Incident.
Police Shoot Dead Pastor in a Robbery With Violence Incident: Police in Kitui have gunned down a pastor identified as Ezekiel Muinde after he and the gang tried to rob a wholesale shop belonging to Muli Munyoki.
He was a preacher at the Heaven City Chapel based at Soweto area. According to reports, his accomplice who is also a fellow worshipper managed to escape with gunshot wounds.
At the scene, The pastor was found armed with a toy pistol, a sharp double edged dagger and a fake police radio communication gadget
The shop owner informed the Authorities that the perpetrators came at claiming to be officers who were investigating a case of stolen goods.
He narrated, “They presented themselves as police officers from Kitui Police Station tracking stolen goods and demanded to check my stock. Once inside the shop they drew guns and ordered me and the night guard to lie down.”
They went ahead to rob him Sh5,000 in cash as they took his mobile phone and searched the shop for valuables and more cash.
In the commotion, police officers from the nearby Kavisuni police post were alerted and they responded swiftly and rushed to the scene.
When police arrived at the shop, they met the robbers walking out still holding the trader by his shirt collars.
The officers ordered them to surrender but they resisted, forcing them to open fire killing the pastor on spot while his accomplice managed to escape into the darkness with a sustained gunshot wound on his left hand.
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