The Sun Daily
by Charles Ramendran
by Charles Ramendran
PETALING
JAYA: A suspected teenage robber was shot dead by police when he
confronted them with a parang following a chase in Taman Medan here
today.
The
19-year-old teenager who was driving a stolen car had earlier made a
robbery attempt on a man on Jalan PJS1/2 at about 4.30am.
He sped off empty handed with an accomplice on seeing several passer-by coming to the victim's aid.
Police
were alerted and were on the lookout for the suspects when two
detectives on patrols spotted the suspect's car at Jalan PJS3/1.
On realising the police were on their trail, the suspects pulled over, jumped out of their vehicle and fled on foot.
Selangor
police CID chief SAC Datuk Mohd Adnan Abdullah said a policeman managed
to catch up with a suspect but the teenager whipped out a parang and
repeatedly swung it at him.
He
said on seeing the policeman was in danger, his colleague pulled out
his pistol and fired a gunshot which hit the suspect in his abdomen.
The
suspect died on the spot minutes later and a hunt for his accomplice
who managed to escape is ongoing. It is learnt that the suspect's
accomplice was arrested by police just weeks ago for an undisclosed
offence and was freed on bail.
Checks
by police showed that the suspect's vehicle, a Toyota Alphard was
fitted with false registration plates and was reported stolen in Puchong
last week.
Meanwhile,
it is learnt that dissatisfied family members of the suspect who showed
up at the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre mortuary to claim his body
had accused the police of high-handedness in handling the case.
They
claimed that the suspect was a good person but mingled with bad company
and that the police should not have opened gunfire to kill but only
disarm the suspect.
1 comment:
Why the police shot him at his abdomen. When they have the chance to shoot at his legs.
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