Shootout in Penampang, police zeroing in on suspects

Police have cordoned off the area where they believe the suspects are hiding.

KOTA KINABALU: Police have cordoned off an area in Penampang where a shootout involving suspected armed robbers reportedly took place at around 4pm today.

According to The Star, police have lock downed four blocks of shophouses and ordered shopkeepers to shutter their premises. Car owners were also told to re-park their vehicles.

Penampang OCPD Deputy Supt Ratan Kumar was on the scene directing his men as they strategised their operation in rooting out the suspects believed to be hiding out in the middle of the shop block.

Members of the public who were near the scene earlier recalled hearing gunshots while others claimed two suspected robbers had been killed.