The Infamous Handgun

The investigation into the fatal gun fight in Tsim Sha Tsui is raising new questions.

From The Standard:

A shootout between three police officers that left two dead and another seriously wounded at a subway pedestrian crossing, barely 500 meters from the Tsim Sha Tsui police station, has left the force shocked, distressed and with a Pandora's box of questions.

Out of the panic and confusion of Friday's bloody incident emerged a mysterious revolver belonging to a policeman who was murdered five years ago that was later used to kill a security guard in a bank robbery.

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Meanwhile, the scene is crawling with police, forensics teams and grieving relatives.

Still unknown is why off-duty constable, Tsui Po-ko, shot his fellow officers.

Organised Crime and Triad Bureau detectives are delving into Tsui's life to determine whether he acted alone or others were involved. Police found a key on his body, which later was used to open a van parked nearby in Jordan.

The weapon is another matter.

Ever since it was used to kill a young constable five years ago, the .38 calibre revolver recovered early yesterday has been haunting the police.

The gun was stolen from Leung Shing-yan after he went to investigate a bogus noise complaint in March 2001, and used to kill him.

Then, like a phantom, it disappeared without a trace. In the years to follow, police investigating crimes where a similar gun was used wondered if the revolver had reappeared. But each time they hit a dead end.

How Tsui came into possession of the infamous handgun remains to be seen, but at the moment, there is a sense that events are coming full circle.

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