Third suspect in PJ mall goldsmith robbery killed in shootout with cops in Bukit Beruntung
Saturday, 19 May 20189:25 AM MYT
PETALING JAYA: Police have shot dead the third suspect involved in a robbery Friday at a goldsmith outlet in a shopping mall in Damansara Jaya here.
The 22-year-old man was killed during a shootout between him and pursuing policemen in Bukit Beruntung, Hulu Selangor, at about 1am Saturday (May 19), said Selangor CID chief SAC Fadzil Ahmat.
At about 5pm on Friday (May 18), six men wearing full-face helmets, three of them armed with pistols, stormed into the goldsmith shop at the mall in Damansara Jaya.
The police shot dead two of the robbers and arrested four of them as they tried to flee the scene of the crime.
"The suspect came out of the vehicle and opened fire at the policemen. The policemen returned fire and killed the suspect," he said in a statement.
He said policemen recovered a revolver with three rounds of ammunition and three spent bullet shells and some jewellery, believed to be part of the loot.
"The suspect had two past criminal records," he said.
It is believed that more than eight men were involved in the robbery
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