Three suspects linked to a daylight robbery and shooting in Nairobi’s Eastleigh area were found dead in a city mortuary.
The shooting and robbery took place March 30 and about Sh3.9 million was robbed.
A victim of the robbery is still in hospital with a spine injury. One of the suspects is believed to be a former police officer, sources said.
Officials said the bodies were found at the City Mortuary on Sunday.
They were booked there as victims of drowning and their bodies were recovered from a river in Lari and Juja in Kiambu County.
One of the deceased was buried at the Kariokor cemetery on Tuesday, April 9, according to his family. He was a Muslim hence his hurried burial.
A team of detectives had been sent to pursue the gang that shot and seriously wounded a 26-year-old man during a robbery mission of $30,000 (Sh3,969,726).
The gang was riding on a motorbike when they struck hitting a businessman who was also on another motorcycle headed in the same direction on Eastleigh's Muratina Street.
Police said the incident happened Saturday, March 30 at 11 am at a crowded place.
The incident was captured on security cameras.
The rider carrying the gunman had sped and overtook the one with the businessman and stopped before he jumped off and approached the victim.
He was seen demanding a bag carrying the cash and when the businessman hesitated, he was shot at close range in the neck.
Doctors said the bullet injured the spinal cord and exited at the back. He fell off the motorcycle as his rider remained confused.
The gunman grabbed the cash and jumped onto his waiting motorcycle and drove away.
The businessman said had intended to deposit the money at one of the banks in the area.
However, upon arrival, he discovered that the bank was closed when he decided to return home, opting to ride a bodaboda for convenience.
He did not know he was being pursued by the thugs who had prior information on the cash.
The cash was from two days of sales of oil products his boss handles in the area. As the rider reached a car wash on Muratina Street, another bodaboda rider intercepted him.
The perpetrator immediately grabbed the cash, wrapped it in green paper, and fled the scene.
Witnesses rushed the injured businessman to a nearby health facility where he was admitted.
Police from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations visited the scene as part of the probe into the incident.
They are still reviewing CCTV cameras on the road and nearby buildings as part of the probe into the shooting.
Police urged building owners in the area to install security cameras as part of efforts to address such incidents.
Police are also investigating to know if the incident was an inside job.
They will review the people who had interacted with the victim and all those around him.
Security bosses contend Eastleigh is growing at a high and hence needs a new system to address the needs.