A suspected robber was on Monday shot dead after he snatched a mobile phone and money from the bodyguard of Nairobi governor Evans Kidero.

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A homemade pistol was seized from the suspect together with two rounds of ammunition.

Sylvester Ambasa, the bodyguard, told police he had just parked his vehicle on the roadside in Dandora Phase Two when a gang of three accosted him.

The trio threatened him with a gun and robbed him of his phone and some Sh5 000 in cash before they escaped using the motorcycle they were on.

Ambasa then chased after the three on foot as he fired towards them using his licensed firearm.

Officers on patrol responded and gunned down one of the suspects as the other two escaped.