Wycliff Vincent Oduor, the mastermind in last year’s Nairobi West ATM heist was on Tuesday March 24 gunned down by detectives from Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).
This followed a fierce shootout between a three-man gang of robbery with violence suspects, and detectives responding to a distress call from the public at Kayole Junction in Nairobi.
Armed with pistols and riding on a motorbike, the three started robbing members of public at the said location, a scene which attracted the attention of a team of Kayole detectives on patrol.
The gang defied orders to surrender, engaging the officers in a fire exchange which left the said suspect down.
The other two escaped on the motorbike but are being pursued.
During the incident, a Pistol and a kitchen knife were recovered from the slain suspect.
Wycliff Oduor aka ‘Vinii’ has been out on a Ksh. 500,000 Bond after his arraignment following the Heist.