• The team investigating the murder of constable David Mayaka also recovered the motorcycle that was used in the attack.
• One of the suspects was arrested in Kikuyu where he was hiding while the rest were found in Kayole and Githurai.
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Police are interviewing seven suspects in connection with the murder of a detective last week in Kayole's Mihango area, Nairobi.
The seven include a prime suspect who police say was riding a getaway motorcycle that was used during the crime on August 8.
The team investigating the murder of constable David Mayaka also recovered the motorcycle that was used in the attack.
One of the suspects was arrested in Kikuyu where he was hiding while the rest were found in Kayole and Githurai. Police detectives were pursuing more suspects.
Police say the gang was on a random robbery spree when they met Mayaka and his wife who were headed home.
But the team says they are open to other theories.
The couple had parked their vehicle by the roadside to repair a tyre when they were accosted by three armed gunmen.
A team of detectives has been set up to pursue a gang of eight that has been linked to the murder.
A team of detectives was sent from Nairobi area to back up their Kayole counterparts in pursuing the gang.
The team says they have linked the suspects to the murder after analysing spent cartridges collected from the scene where Mayaka of DCI Makadara was gunned down in Mihango area.
The bullets, according to a police officer aware of the issue, had been linked to an ex-convict.
Officials handling the matter said the ex-convict has also been linked to two other robberies in the area.
Investigators say the gang was operating using two motorcycles at the time of the incident with one carrying two pillion passengers and the other with only a rider.
Mayaka’s wife Hellen Kemunto is admitted in the hospital after being hit in the left thigh.
Mayaka was shot in the abdomen and died at the scene. CCTV footage emerged showing the moment the officer was shot dead by the gunmen.
The disturbing clip also captured the moment a police vehicle arrived at the scene of the shooting shortly afterwards but drove off without offering help despite desperate pleas from the slain detective's wife.
The couple had stopped in the Hurlingham area to fix a puncture on their car when three men on a motorcycle pulled up and shot them.
The officer is heard in the footage pleading with the armed thugs to take whatever they wanted but one is heard saying "piga yeye" (shoot him).
"Tafadhali shika, shika, please! (please take all these take, take)," the officer is heard pleading as the gang approached them.
The same gang had passed the area twice and police believe they were scouting before riding to where the slain officer was fixing the left tyre with the help of his wife.
It is not clear what prompted the gang to shoot at the officer with rage even after he pleaded with them to spare his life.
Four shots rent the air in the ensuing scuffle before the thugs sped off on a motorbike leaving the wife screaming for help.
She had been shot in the thigh after being robbed of her mobile phone.
The wife ran away before coming back screaming for help to take the bleeding officer to hospital.
Mayaka’s colleagues described him as a humble and hardworking officer.
Police authorities are battling gangs that are on the loose seeking money.