KOTA KINABALU: Police shot dead a suspected thief who rammed into a police patrol car using a four-wheel drive in Kinarut near here.
The suspect, who was at the wheel, was travelling with three other accomplices when they were surprised by the patrol car at 1.10am yesterday in Jalan Sapoda near the Maktab Rendah Sains Mara in Kinarut.
State CID chief Senior Asst Comm Omar Mammah said the two policemen were patrolling the area when they spotted the four-wheel drive and approached it.
“Suddenly, the vehicle headed straight for the patrol car and rammed into it, pushing it some 30m to 40m back.
Scene of the incident: Police looking at the patrol car which crashed into the Isuzu Trooper used by the suspects in their attempt to flee the police in Kinarut, Kota Kinabalu. “The corporal and lance corporal attached to the Papar police crime prevention unit ordered the driver to stop but he ignored him,” Omar Mammah said.
He said the policemen jumped out of their moving car and fired three shots, one hitting the driver, believed to be in his 30s, in the body.
The three accomplices ran out of the vehicle and fled into the nearby bushes.
Omar Mammah said police believe the area was used to destroy or discard parts from stolen goods, such as electric cables and stolen cars.
He said Papar police had in the past found several stolen cars in the area, adding that police were investigating why the men were in the area at the time.
“The number plate of the four-wheel drive was found to be fake,” he said.
A manhunt is on for the three suspects.
He added that the case was being investigated under Section 307 of the Penal Code for attempted murder.
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