Police gun down 2, arrest another in shootout

The Accra Regional Police Command has shot and killed two suspected car snatchers believed to be part of a notorious gang operating within Accra.

One member of the gang, identified as Kwame Yeboah, was arrested after sustaining gunshot wounds on the right leg during the shoot out with the police.

He is currently receiving treatment at the Police Hospital.

Hint

Briefing the Daily Graphic, the Accra Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Frederick Adu Anim, said at about 2 a.m. on May 8, 2020, the command received information that a white Kia Morning, with registration number GE-2269-20, had been snatched from its owner at gunpoint at Ablekuma Bokorbokor, near Awoshie.

The suspects had apparently hired the services of the driver of the vehicle from Baah Yard to Ablekuma CP, but attacked and snatched the vehicle from him before he could reach the destination.

A team of police personnel that was dispatched after receiving the information intercepted the suspects in the stolen vehicle at Busia Junction, Odorkor.

However, a hot chase ensued when the suspects sped off upon seeing the police.

In the course of the drama, the suspects started shooting at the police who also returned fire.

In the process, Yeboah was injured in the right leg, while his two accomplices escaped.

Swoop

Later, Mr Adu Anim said, police intelligence revealed that the two who escaped were hiding at Dansoman Exhibition.

The suspects again engaged the police in a shoot out at their hideout but came out worse with injuries.

The police team took the suspects to the Police Hospital for treatment but they were pronounced dead shortly on arrival at the hospital.

Their bodies have since been deposited at the Police Hospital morgue pending autopsy.

Vehicle retrieved

Mr Adu Anim said the police retrieved a locally manufactured pistol with two BB live cartridges and the Kia Morning from the suspects.

He said so far, the police had retrieved eight vehicles during an operation being embarked upon by the command.

The vehicles retrieved included two Toyota Corolla, two Toyota Yaris, a Daewoo Matrix, two Kia Morning and a Kia Picanto.

Mr Adu Anim appealed to victims of car snatching crimes to contact the Accra Regional Police Command to identify and collect their vehicles.