In Summary
Police also found a magazine with 10 bullets and detained a motor vehicle the four were travelling in.
Kilimani OCPD Peter Kattam said the two had robbed a family at 10.30am and were escaping on a motorcycle.
Four suspected thugs were shot dead in the early morning at Cabanas on Mombasa Road.
Nairobi County Police Commander Japheth Koome said officers from the Flying Squad trailed the gangsters from Kiambu.
A Ceska pistol and a revolver, each with seven rounds of ammunition, were found in the 3.20am incident.
Police also found a magazine with 10 bullets and detained a motor vehicle the four were travelling in.
In Kilimani, police shot dead two suspected gangsters and found a pistol they had stolen from a lawyer in Kikuyu two weeks ago.
Kilimani OCPD Peter Kattam said the two had robbed a family at 10.30am and were escaping on a motorcycle.
However, they hit a lorry at Elgeyo Marakwet Road and shot twice at the driver, who escaped unhurt.
Police officers caught up with them and shot them dead.
Police said the two had also robbed another man in Kikuyu before attacking the family in Kilimani.
Mr Kattam also said the gang was behind a series of robberies in Dagoretti and Kilimani.
By ANGIRA ZADOCK
