This archive report was first published on 22 August 2020.
On August 22, 2020, detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations made a significant breakthrough in the investigation into the shooting of a 28-year-old man at Galana Suites in Kilimani estate.
According to the investigative body, a man named Robert Bodo was found in possession of a mini Ceska firearm with 13 rounds of ammunition when detectives arrested him alongside Chris Obure.
“Detectives based at Kilimani have this morning arrested Robert Bodo and recovered a Mini Ceska firearm with 13 rounds of ammunition suspected to have been used in the fatal shooting of a 28-year-old man at Galana Suites in Kilimani,” reads the statement.
The firearm will be used as an exhibit and will be subjected to ballistic analysis.
On the day of the incident, the deceased's brother, Wycliff Omwenga, was in the kitchen preparing dinner when he heard a gunshot.
He rushed to the direction where he heard the sound and found his brother, Kevin, lying face down with blood oozing from his chest.
Wycliff then rushed his brother to the Nairobi Women's Hospital Adams branch, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The body of the deceased has been taken to Montezuma mortuary, where a postmortem will be conducted.
