Five suspected gangsters were on Tuesday evening shot dead in Juja after attempting to rob a business premise along Thika Superhighway.
Police reported the gang was targeting Lexo petrol Station but was ambushed at around 8pm.
Officers on patrol were alerted about the intended robbery and laid an ambush.
The thugs driving a Volkswagen Touareg, brandished their weapons but police gunned them down.
They crashed the car as they attempted to flee.
Three firearms were recovered from the felled gangsters.
Meanwhile, a hunt is underway for one other suspect who was part of the gang but managed to escape.
He sustained serious bullet injuries and was armed with an AK-47.
Juja has lately become a haven for gangsters with cases of armed robbery on the rise.
Last week, residents lynched a man alleged to be part of a gang terrorising university and college students in the area.
