: A suspect was accidentally shot in a botched robbery by his gang member after the victim put up a fight outside Mentari Court

Drug addict shot in botched robbery near Bandar Sunway

BY NICHOLAS CHENG

PETALING JAYA: A suspect was accidentally shot in a botched robbery by his gang member after the victim put up a fight outside Mentari Court near Bandar Sunway.

Police said the victim was walking to his car at the complex parking lot, with a slingbag around his shoulder, when four young men pulled up in a Perodua Viva next to him at about 7.45pm Monday.

One of the men pointed a gun at the victim's stomach and demanded that he hand over his gold ring and the bag.

Instead, the victim put up a fight as he was handing over the bag.

"The victim grabbed the suspect's hand with the gun and a struggle ensued. Then another suspect in the car tried to help but ended up getting shot in the right thigh," said Petaling Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Azmi Abu Kassim.

The gunfire from the pistol prompted the four suspects to scurry away. Police later arrested the injured suspect shortly after the incident.

"He is being treated at the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC). He is a 22-year-old drug addict and has done time in jail. We have identified his friends and are looking for them," said ACP Azmi.

He said police also seized the gun used during the botched robbery - a black China-made Norinco - with only three bullets left in the magazine.