KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 ― A witness of the fatal shooting incident at a restaurant in Jalan Ipoh early this morning said he managed to flee from the killer before falling into a drain.

Recounting those terrifying moments, the younger brother of the dead victim in the incident said he was shot at by the suspect but the bullet missed him.

S.Vijay, 29, said in the incident, he was with his brother, S.Saravanan, 38, and four other friends at the restaurant having a meal.

“A man approached us and started shooting, and I was shot at but the bullet hit the wall of the restaurant,” he told Bernama when met at Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL) mortuary here today.

According to him, in his haste to flee, he fell into a drain near the restaurant but he managed to take a look at the suspect

“I saw the suspect was a thin, tall man wearing a cap, I tried to look at his face but I could not identify him,” he said.

Vijay said the suspect later ran to a silver coloured Perodua Myvi.

“I then rushed to see my brother who was already dead from a shot while four others were injured, I carried my brother inside the car while the rest took the ambulance to HKL,” he said.

According to him, he was not sure of the real motive of the suspect. “My brother and I have been operating a phone shop in Sentul in the past two years,” he said.

Vijay said his brother's body would be brought back to their house in Ampang after the post-mortem in HKL today.

Meanwhile, a relative of one of the victims who was only identified as Giva said one of the injured victims identified as Murugan worked as a personal driver and has five children.

“As soon as I received a call from his children, I rushed to HKL to look at his condition and as far as I know, he has no enemies,” he said.

Sentul police chief ACP Zakaria Pagan when contacted earlier by Bernama said the suspect was carrying a semi-auto pistol and the case would be investigated under Section 302 of the Penal Code. ― Bernama