A crucial suspect in connection with a fatal shooting of a man in Nairobi’s Eastleigh neighborhood has been arrested.
The shooting happened on November 9, 2024, where Abdirahim Abdullahi Ibrahim, 25, was shot dead.
Police said detectives acting on an intelligence report conducted an operation in the Kiambiu slums and seized one suspect, aged 27, in connection with the crime.
According to police, the suspect is also connected to the murder of one police officer constable David Mayaka of DCI Makadara which occurred in Mihango Kayole area on August 23, 2023.
Mayaka was fatally shot by three men riding on a motorcycle as he attended to a stalled car.
The National Police Service Spokesperson Dr Resila Onyango said they are pursuing various leads on the crimes the suspect may have committed.
