[Asia One] A gang of car thieves planning a fight mistook a group of coppers for their rivals and attacked them.A gang member died in a subsequent fight with their rivals while two others suffered serious injuries after they were rammed by a car during the incident near Taman Intan Baiduri in Kepong at 3am yesterday.
The coppers had been sent to patrol the area in an unmarked car after authorities received a tip-off that the gangs were planning a fight.
City CID chief Datuk Ku Chin Wah said members from one gang laying an ambush mistook the unmarked car as that belonging to their rivals.
"The gang chased after the coppers in their two Proton Wiras until they reached a residential area.
"Three gang members then got out of their car and tried to attack the coppers with samurai swords and a pistol.
| Goodness. People really do bring knives to gun fights. |
| "Sergeant, take the men to the range! No donuts until they can actually hit the target!" |
Ku said another confrontation took place between the gangs, leading to one of the men from the first group being killed after he was hit in the head with a hard object.
| Perhaps it was the pistol mentioned above, which hadn't got much use up to this point. |
"An ambulance later rushed the two men rammed by the car to Selayang Hospital," he said adding that one suspect managed to escape with a samurai sword and gun.
Police also seized a metal rod, knife and a fake gun.
| It sounds like that's one evidence locker where the evidence needn't be recycled, it just keeps flowing in. |