Police probe how officer was shot dead out of his duty area

The suspect started shooting at the officers as soon as they arrived at his house. [iStockphoto]

Last Monday at around seven minutes to midnight, two police officers from Nairobi’s Makadara Police Division stormed the house of a suspect in Kamae area of Kahawa West.

The police operation was aimed at either arresting a man described as a known criminal and possibly recover a firearm.