One of the major suspects in the cold-blooded murder of a DCI investigator has been arrested.
Alex Wanjiru, 23, a member of the gang responsible for the cold-blooded murder of investigator David Mayaka, fled Kayole shortly after the crime and took refuge at his grandmother’s home in Ruthingiti, Kikuyu sub-county.
The suspect was tracked down to his hideout in Kiambu County and impounded the motorbike used by the thugs on a fateful night, a red Boxer registration number KMGJ 350V.
A comprehensive analysis conducted by ballistic experts based at the DCI National Forensic Lab has since linked the firearm that fired the fatal shot a C2, to 5 previous robbery incidents in the city.
Two other thugs involved in the murder are still at large; the Main suspect Henry Njihia who fired the shots that took Detective Mayaka’s life and John Kamau aka Faruk, who is also armed with a glock pistol.
Detective Mayaka who was based at DCI Makadara was driving home in the company of his wife Kemunto Mayaka on August 8, at around 10pm when they were accosted by the three-man gang riding on a motorbike.
The officer had stopped his vehicle to change a flat tyre when the thugs struck, in a heart-wrenching scene that was captured by CCTV cameras mounted at an adjacent building.
