Police gun down suspect in murder of Wells Fargo manager

The late Wells Fargo Human Resource Manager Willis Ayieko. [File, Standard]

Investigations into the murder of Wells Fargo Human Resource Manager Willis Ayieko took a dramatic turn Thursday when police shot dead a suspect believed to have been involved in his killing.

The suspect was tracked down by detectives to a guest house near Kisumu Polytechnic, where he had been hiding. According to police, he was one of two people who escaped during a gunfight with officers in Gem, on Tuesday. A woman reportedly accompanying the suspects later succumbed to her injuries.