The police constable blew his whistle as a result of which four of his comrades took up the chase, and when the bandit, in a desperate attempt to shake off his pursuers, made use of his pistol, the quartette replied, firing eight shots in all against the four which came from the gangster's gun and which fortunately all missed their mark. The police marksmen were more fortunate, however, as four of their sh ^5 hit the fleeing robber, injuring him mortally. He collapsed at the entrance of the Kiu Dah Pawnshop, where a detective party from Chengtu Road Police Station, found him there a few minutes later, The man was very seriously injured with shot wounds in the left groin, the right thigh, the left buttock and the left hand, and was found to have died during his transfer to the police hospital, in an emergency imbalance.
A.165 Behola automatic pistol was found in his hand, with one more cartridge in the magazine. The loot was also recovered whilst meanwhile the French and Settlement police ere ce-operating in tracking down the last member of the trio, who managed to escape.
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