There the, trio entered an alleyway followed by the police, and in doing so, Sergeant Buxton passed one of the armed men who had succeeded In hiding amongst the throng people who were engaged in shopping At the time. As he did this, Koo, who was the one to have hidden amongst the people in the alleyway, levelled hig Mauser pistol in an attempt. to fire at Sergeant Buxton, but an alert who was running behind, saw this' and without hesitation fired number of shots at the man with the result that he sagged to the ground, mortally injured. Had the Chinese constable hesitated for the fraction of a second, it was more than likely "that Sergeant Buxton would have been seriously injured not killed, as the Mauser pistol was subsequently found to contain 22 rounds of ammunition, The case continued, however, and further down the alleyway, Wong was hit by a police bullet and dropped to the ground seriously Injured. the Inst of the trio, did not give up, however, and ran through one of the houses on to. another alleyway where a second police party, which had rushed to the scene on hearing the shooting, tole up the chase. finally jumped into the Soochow Creek and continued to fire until 9 well-aimed bullet killed him outright and he disappeared in the muddy waves of the creek, Wong was taken to the Police Hospital where he is at present. being detained with serious. injuries to various parts of his body.
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