Police Say They Have Shot Dead The Local Suspect Behind Setia City Mall Shooting
He was shot dead early this morning at a hotel in Pulau Ketam.
A local man in his 30s, the suspect behind the recent shooting at Setia City Mall was shot dead a during a police raid early this morning, 18 February, at a hotel in Pulau Ketam
According to Selangor police chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan, a shootout broke out between the suspect and police officers from the Criminal Investigation Departments of Selangor and Bukit Aman.
"The police team managed to shoot [the] male citizen, aged around his mid-30s," he said.
"We also found two loaded guns on the suspect," Hussein added.
The man had nine criminal records prior to the mall shooting
He had a criminal record for seven robberies and a drug-related crime.
The suspect's body will be brought to the jetty at Port Klang after the investigation.
Image via New Straits Times
Earlier on 8 February, at about 10pm, the suspect fired four shots, injuring a male janitor, and escaped after holding a family at gunpoint:
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